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openSUSE Security Update : connman (openSUSE-2021-416)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147844

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for connman fixes the following issues :

Update to 1.39 (boo#1181751) :

 - Fix issue with scanning state synchronization and iwd.

 - Fix issue with invalid key with 4-way handshake offloading.

 - Fix issue with DNS proxy length checks to prevent buffer overflow. (CVE-2021-26675)

 - Fix issue with DHCP leaking stack data via uninitialized variable. (CVE-2021-26676)

Update to 1.38 :

 - Fix issue with online check on IP address update.

 - Fix issue with OpenVPN and encrypted private keys.

 - Fix issue with finishing of VPN connections.

 - Add support for updated stable iwd APIs.

 - Add support for WireGuard networks.

Update to 1.37 :

 - Fix issue with handling invalid gateway addresses.

 - Fix issue with handling updates of default gateway.

 - Fix issue with DHCP servers that require broadcast flag.

 - Add support for option to use gateways as time servers.

 - Add support for option to select default technology.

 - Add support for Address Conflict Detection (ACD).

 - Add support for IPv6 iptables management.

Change in 1.36 :

 - Fix issue with DNS short response on error handling.

 - Fix issue with handling incoming DNS requests.

 - Fix issue with handling empty timeserver list.

 - Fix issue with incorrect DHCP byte order.

 - Fix issue with AllowDomainnameUpdates handling.

 - Fix issue with IPv4 link-local IP conflict error.

 - Fix issue with handling WISPr over TLS connections.

 - Fix issue with WiFi background scanning handling.

 - Fix issue with WiFi disconnect+connect race condition.

 - Fix issue with WiFi scanning and tethering operation.

 - Fix issue with WiFi security change handling.

 - Fix issue with missing signal for WPS changes.

 - Fix issue with online check retry handling.

 - Add support for systemd-resolved backend.

 - Add support for mDNS configuration setup.

Solution

Update the affected connman packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181751

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147844

File Name: openSUSE-2021-416.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2021

Updated: 1/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26675

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-nmcompat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-hh2serial-gps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-hh2serial-gps-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-iospm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-iospm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-l2tp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-l2tp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-openconnect, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-openconnect-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-openvpn, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-openvpn-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-polkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-pptp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-pptp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-tist, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-tist-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-vpnc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-vpnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-wireguard, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-plugin-wireguard-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:connman-test, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26675, CVE-2021-26676