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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-10754: Security patch for NetworkManager (ALAS-2020-1498)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-10754: Security patch for NetworkManager (ALAS-2020-1498)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/08/2020
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-adsl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-bluetooth
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-config-server
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-glib
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-glib-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-libnm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-libnm-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-ppp
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-team
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-tui
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-wifi
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-networkmanager-wwan

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