Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : network-manager-applet vulnerability (USN-3217-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97601

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that network-manager-applet incorrectly checked permissions when connecting to certain wireless networks. A local attacker could use this issue at the login screen to access local files.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3217-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97601

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3217-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2017

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-gnome, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-nma-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-gtk-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-gtk-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-gtk0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnma-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnma-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnma0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2017

Reference Information

USN: 3217-1