USN-1483-1: NetworkManager vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• network-manager - Network connection manager

Details

It was discovered that certain wireless drivers incorrectly handled the
creation of WPA-secured AdHoc connections. This could result in AdHoc
wireless connections being created without any security at all. This update
removes WPA as a security choice for AdHoc connections in NetworkManager.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10

• network-manager - 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 11.04

• network-manager - 0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• network-manager - 0.8-0ubuntu3.3

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

References

• CVE-2012-2736

Related notices

• USN-1483-2: network-manager-gnome, network-manager-applet