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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-13529: Moderate: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4361)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-13529: Moderate: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4361)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/10/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially crafted DHCP FORCERENEW packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-NetworkManager-cloud-setup
  • alma-upgrade-NetworkManager-libnm-devel

References

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