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openSUSE Security Update : NetworkManager-gnome (NetworkManager-gnome-1877)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44359

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

nm-applet connected to WPA2 Enterprise networks even if the specified CA certificate file didn't exist (CVE-2009-4144).

When editing connections in nm-applet the connection object was exported via DBus disclosing potentially sensitive information to local users (CVE-2009-4145).

Solution

Update the affected NetworkManager-gnome package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565549

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44359

File Name: suse_11_0_NetworkManager-gnome-100126.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-gnome

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4144, CVE-2009-4145

CWE: 200, 310