Medium: NetworkManager

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in nmcli, where the command-line interface to the NetworkManager did not accept the 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 an insecure connection occurs. (CVE-2020-10754)

Affected Packages:

NetworkManager

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update NetworkManager to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    NetworkManager-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-adsl-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-team-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-wifi-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-wwan-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-ppp-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-glib-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-libnm-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-tui-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    NetworkManager-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-adsl-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-team-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-wifi-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-wwan-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-ppp-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-glib-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-libnm-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-tui-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    NetworkManager-config-server-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch  
    NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch  
  
src:  
    NetworkManager-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    NetworkManager-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-adsl-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-team-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-wifi-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-wwan-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-ppp-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-glib-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-libnm-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-tui-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-10754

Mitre: CVE-2020-10754