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Fedora 41 : NetworkManager-libreswan (2024-2e8944621e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211311

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-2e8944621e advisory.

 This is an update to 1.2.24 release of NetworkManager-libreswan, the IPSec VPN plugin for NetworkManager.
 It fixes a local privilege escalation bug due to improper escaping of Libreswan configuration.
 (CVE-2024-9050)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 affected NetworkManager-libreswan package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-2e8944621e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211311

File Name: fedora_2024-2e8944621e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager-libreswan, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:41

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9050