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Debian: Security Advisory for network-manager-ssh (DSA-4637-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'network-manager-ssh' package(s) announced via the DSA-4637-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Kobus van Schoor discovered that network-manager-ssh, a plugin to provide VPN integration for SSH in NetworkManager, is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A local user with privileges to modify a connection can take advantage of this flaw to execute arbitrary commands as root. This update drops support to pass extra SSH options to the ssh invocation.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'network-manager-ssh' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-1+deb9u1. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.10-1+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your network-manager-ssh packages.