MGASA-2020-0260 - Updated networkmanager packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0260.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-10754

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 (CVE-2020-10754).

The networkmanager package has been updated to version 1.18.8, fixing
this issue and other bugs.

Also, the networkmanager-applet package has been updated to version
1.8.24. It also adds support for connecting to WPA3 / SAE protected
wireless networks.

gnome-control-center and gnome-shell have been fixed to correctly
identify the connections as WPA3.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26713
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26673
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/blob/nm-1-18/NEWS
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-applet/-/blob/1.8.24/NEWS
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SI4LWYUPI7M6B24ABADK24T77VF65B4A/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10754

SRPMS:
- 7/core/networkmanager-1.18.8-1.mga7
- 7/core/networkmanager-applet-1.8.24-1.mga7
- 7/core/gnome-control-center-3.32.1-2.2.mga7
- 7/core/gnome-shell-3.32.1-2.1.mga7