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GLSA-201509-05 : NetworkManager: Denial of Service

low Nessus Plugin ID 86136

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201509-05 (NetworkManager: Denial of Service)

 IPv6 Neighbour Discovery ICMP broadcast containing a non-route with a low hop limit causes a Denial of Service by lowering the hop limit on existing IPv6 routes in NetworkManager.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker on the same network segment could cause a Denial of Service condition in NetworkManager Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All NetworkManager users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/networkmanager-1.0.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 86136

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201509-05.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:networkmanager, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2924

GLSA: 201509-05