Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting network-manager-applet package, versions <0:1.0.6-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.21% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NETWORKMANAGERAPPLET-4568211
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Apr 2015

Introduced: 2 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-2924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 network-manager-applet to version 0:1.0.6-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream network-manager-applet package and not the network-manager-applet package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The receive_ra function in rdisc/nm-lndp-rdisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in NetworkManager 1.x allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message, a similar issue to CVE-2015-2922.

CVSS Scores

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