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CentOS 8 : NetworkManager (CESA-2020:3011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 146021

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3011

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 146021

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-3011.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:centos:centos:networkmanager-wwan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-ovs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-adsl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-libnm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-connectivity-redhat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-cloud-setup, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-libnm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-server

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10754

RHSA: 2020:3011