It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Networkmanager | Gnome | * | 1.22.14 (excluding) |
| Networkmanager | Gnome | 1.24.0 (including) | 1.24.2 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | NetworkManager-1:1.18.8-1.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | NetworkManager-1:1.22.8-5.el8_2 | * |
| Network-manager | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10754
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/44FTVXWKDYIAMOOP2PZMUY3D2QNWAVBZ/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10754
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/44FTVXWKDYIAMOOP2PZMUY3D2QNWAVBZ/