RHEL 6 : NetworkManager (RHSA-2011:1338)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56304

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1338 advisory.

- NetworkManager: Console user can escalate to root via newlines in ifcfg-rh connection name (CVE-2011-3364)

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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1338.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56304

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1338.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3364

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-glib-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3364

RHSA: 2011:1338

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