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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-1483-1] NetworkManager vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)
2. [USN-1483-2] network-manager-applet vulnerability
(Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:49:43 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1483-1] NetworkManager vulnerability
Message-ID: <1340804983.4811.418.camel@mdlinux>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1483-1
June 27, 2012

network-manager vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

NetworkManager could create insecure AdHoc wireless networks.

Software Description:
- 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 LTS:
network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3.3

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1483-1
CVE-2012-2736

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/0.9.1.90-0ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/0.8.4~git.20110319t175609.d14809b-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/0.8-0ubuntu3.3


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:50:12 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1483-2] network-manager-applet vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1483-2
June 27, 2012

network-manager-applet vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

network-manager-applet could create insecure AdHoc wireless networks.

Software Description:
- network-manager-applet: GNOME frontend for NetworkManager

Details:

USN-1483-1 fixed a vulnerability in NetworkManager by disabling the
creation of WPA-secured AdHoc wireless connections. This update provides
the corresponding change for network-manager-applet.

Original advisory 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-gnome 0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
network-manager-gnome 0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
network-manager-gnome 0.8-0ubuntu3.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1483-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1483-1
CVE-2012-2736

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/0.9.1.90-0ubuntu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/0.8.4~git.20110318t152954.9c4c9a0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/0.8-0ubuntu3.1


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