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Amazon Linux 2 : NetworkManager (ALAS-2020-1498)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141958

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Run 'yum update NetworkManager' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1498.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10754

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141958

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1498.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10754

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-libnm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-glib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-config-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-wwan, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-libnm-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-glib-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-adsl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10754

ALAS: 2020-1498