[ALSA-2021:1574] Moderate: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2021-08-11
Description:
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: NetworkManager (1.30.0). (BZ#1878783) Security Fix(es): * NetworkManager: Profile with match.path setting triggers crash (CVE-2021-20297) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
i686 libnma-devel-1.8.30-2.el8.i686.rpm 04e9501ae3b032f3a5b20b2c90c51a917f30d526adb9cf4b3711ed05d257dd1d
i686 NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.30.0-7.el8.i686.rpm ca27422c571cb1a95887b1ced8805f42418414bcd4fcf2894e8b5ebcfbfc468e
x86_64 NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.30.0-7.el8.x86_64.rpm 60fe0653bd5eaae932c358737e2a301b1acd6f64931ad234e283cb6013026218
x86_64 libnma-devel-1.8.30-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 65c415c46198a79aae4427211a152c5c99e041597553fe18755450b83cd51450
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.