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CVE-2020-10754

Publication date 8 June 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
network-manager 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

only affects the ifcfg-rh settings plugin which isn't used on Ubuntu, marking as not-affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
network-manager

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
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