RHEL 8 : NetworkManager-libreswan (RHSA-2024:8356)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209546

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for NetworkManager-libreswan.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8356 advisory.

This package contains software for integrating the libreswan VPN software with NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop

Security Fix(es):

* NetworkManager-libreswan: Local privilege escalation via leftupdown (CVE-2024-9050)

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.

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.

Solution

Update the RHEL NetworkManager-libreswan package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8356.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209546

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-8356.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/23/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9050

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-libreswan-gnome, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-libreswan

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9050

RHSA: 2024:8356

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