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Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting network-manager-applet package, versions <0:1.8.0-3.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NETWORKMANAGERAPPLET-5192821
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 7 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-0553  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 network-manager-applet to version 0:1.8.0-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2299.

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.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.

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