It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NetworkManager-1.43.10-1.el9 build changelog.

  - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and     802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this     profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely. (CVE-2020-10754)

  - An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially crafted DHCP FORCERENEW     packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An     attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server. (CVE-2020-13529)

  - A flaw was found in NetworkManager in versions before 1.30.0. Setting match.path and activating a profile     crashes NetworkManager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
    (CVE-2021-20297)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3011 advisory.

    [1:1.22.8-5]
    - dhcp: fix handling IO error in nettools DHCPv4 client (rh #1843357)
    - ifcfg-rh: handle '802-1x.{,phase2-}ca-path' (rh #1843360, CVE-2020-10754)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has NetworkManager packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and     802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this     profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely. (CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has NetworkManager packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and     802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this     profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely. (CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the NetworkManager packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to     NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and     802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new     profile. When a user connects to a network using this     profile, the authentication does not happen and the     connection is made insecurely.(CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3011 advisory.

  - NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving the connection unauthenticated via insecure     defaults (CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the NetworkManager packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to     NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and     802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new     profile. When a user connects to a network using this     profile, the authentication does not happen and the     connection is made insecurely.(CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of NetworkManager installed on the remote host is prior to 1.18.8-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1498 advisory.

    A flaw was found in nmcli, where the command-line interface to the NetworkManager did not accept the     802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a     network using this profile, the authentication does not happen and an insecure connection occurs.
    (CVE-2020-10754)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Security Fix(es) :

  - NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving     the connection unauthenticated via insecure defaults     (CVE-2020-10754)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4003 advisory.

  - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and     802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this     profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely. (CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4003 advisory.

    - ifcfg-rh: handle '802-1x.{,phase2-}ca-path' (rh #1841397, CVE-2020-10754)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4003 advisory.

    NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to     keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless,     mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of     different VPN services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving the connection unauthenticated via insecure     defaults (CVE-2020-10754)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3011 advisory.

    NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to     keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless,     mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of     different VPN services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving the connection unauthenticated via insecure     defaults (CVE-2020-10754)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * NetworkManager doesn't reconnect after DHCP failure (BZ#1843357)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

- Update to 1.20.12 release

  - ifcfg-rh: handle '802-1x.{,phase2-}ca-path' (rh     #1841395, CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

- Update to 1.22.14 release

  - ifcfg-rh: handle '802-1x.{,phase2-}ca-path'     (rhbz#1841395, CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
195795	RHEL 5 : networkmanager (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
195767	RHEL 6 : networkmanager (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
191336	CentOS 9 : NetworkManager-1.43.10-1.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
180924	Oracle Linux 8 : NetworkManager (ELSA-2020-3011)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
154588	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : NetworkManager Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0174)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
147328	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : NetworkManager Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0048)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
147103	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : NetworkManager (EulerOS-SA-2021-1529)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
146021	CentOS 8 : NetworkManager (CESA-2020:3011)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
144154	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : NetworkManager (EulerOS-SA-2020-2522)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
143418	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : NetworkManager (EulerOS-SA-2020-2499)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
143407	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : NetworkManager (EulerOS-SA-2020-2486)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
141958	Amazon Linux 2 : NetworkManager (ALAS-2020-1498)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
141710	Scientific Linux Security Update : NetworkManager on SL7.x x86_64 (20201001)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
141599	CentOS 7 : NetworkManager (RHSA-2020:4003)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
141227	Oracle Linux 7 : NetworkManager (ELSA-2020-4003)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
141043	RHEL 7 : NetworkManager (RHSA-2020:4003)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
138806	RHEL 8 : NetworkManager (RHSA-2020:3011)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
137429	Fedora 31 : 1:NetworkManager (2020-ace543feff)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
137109	Fedora 32 : 1:NetworkManager (2020-3857463d30)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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