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NetworkManager security update

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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0108

NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired or
wireless network connection active at all times.

A missing network certificate verification flaw was found in
NetworkManager. If a user created a WPA Enterprise or 802.1x wireless
network connection that was verified using a Certificate Authority (CA)
certificate, and then later removed that CA certificate file,
NetworkManager failed to verify the identity of the network on the
following connection attempts. In these situations, a malicious wireless
network spoofing the original network could trick a user into disclosing
authentication credentials or communicating over an untrusted network.
(CVE-2009-4144)

An information disclosure flaw was found in NetworkManager’s
nm-connection-editor D-Bus interface. If a user edited network connection
options using nm-connection-editor, a summary of those changes was
broadcasted over the D-Bus message bus, possibly disclosing sensitive
information (such as wireless network authentication credentials) to other
local users. (CVE-2009-4145)

Users of NetworkManager should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-February/078683.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-February/078684.html

Affected packages:
NetworkManager
NetworkManager-devel
NetworkManager-glib
NetworkManager-glib-devel
NetworkManager-gnome

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0108