USN-3807-1: NetworkManager vulnerability

5 November 2018

network-manager vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

NetworkManager could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description

• network-manager - Network connection manager

Details

Felix Wilhelm discovered that the NetworkManager internal DHCPv6 client incorrectly handled certain DHCPv6 messages. In non-default configurations where the internal DHCP client is enabled, an attacker on the same network could use this issue to cause NetworkManager to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10

network-manager - 1.12.4-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

network-manager - 1.10.6-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

network-manager - 1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2OtkKxg