Race Condition Affecting networkmanager/networkmanager package, versions [0,1.0.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NETWORKMANAGERNETWORKMANAGER-2370350
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2016-0764  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade networkmanager/networkmanager to version 1.0.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. 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.

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