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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Important: NetworkManager-libreswan security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:8358-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8358
Issue date:         2024-10-23
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2024-9050
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Summary: 

An update for NetworkManager-libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

This package contains software for integrating the libreswan VPN software with NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop

Security Fix(es):

* NetworkManager-libreswan: Local privilege escalation via leftupdown (CVE-2024-9050)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2024-9050

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313828