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CVE-2021-20297

Published: 2 April 2021

A flaw was found in NetworkManager in versions before 1.30.0. Setting match.path and activating a profile crashes NetworkManager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced by:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/3ced486f4162edcd03ff42fa27535130aff0c86c

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
network-manager
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
groovy
Released (1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needed

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/commit/420784e342da4883f6debdfe10cde68507b10d27

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H