CVE-2020-10754
Published: 8 June 2020
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | only affects the ifcfg-rh settings plugin which isn't used on Ubuntu, marking as not-affected |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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network-manager Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
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eoan |
Not vulnerable
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focal |
Not vulnerable
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trusty |
Does not exist
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upstream |
Needs triage
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xenial |
Not vulnerable
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Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/8affcc19b61fc3c516474ba075e61b82030feeb4 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 4.3 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |