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Red Hat: CVE-2016-0764: Low: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2016:2581)

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-0764: Low: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2016:2581)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/04/2016
Modified
01/17/2018

Description

Race condition in Network Manager before 1.0.12 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 allows local users to obtain sensitive connection information by reading temporary files during ifcfg and keyfile changes.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-libnl3
  • redhat-upgrade-libnl3-cli
  • redhat-upgrade-libnl3-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libnl3-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libnl3-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-libnm-gtk
  • redhat-upgrade-libnm-gtk-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libnma
  • redhat-upgrade-libnma-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-network-manager-applet
  • redhat-upgrade-network-manager-applet-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-adsl
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-bluetooth
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-config-server
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-glib
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-glib-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-libnm
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-libnm-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-libreswan
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-libreswan-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-libreswan-gnome
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-team
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-tui
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-wifi
  • redhat-upgrade-networkmanager-wwan
  • redhat-upgrade-nm-connection-editor

References

  • RHSA-2016:2581
  • CVE-2016-0764

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