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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : NetworkManager-gnome (SAT Patch Number 5621)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57972

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

NetworkManager did not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID. A rogue access point could therefore be used to conduct MITM attacks by using any other valid certificate issued by same CA as used in the original network. (CVE-2006-7246)

Please note that existing WPA2 Enterprise connections need to be deleted and re-created to take advantage of the new security checks.

This is a re-release of the previous update to also enable the checks for EAP-TLS.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5621.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574266

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732700

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7246.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57972

File Name: suse_11_NetworkManager-gnome-120110.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 6.0

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:networkmanager-gnome

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7246