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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71654
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1483-1 (network-manager)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to network-manager
announced via advisory USN-1483-1.

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.

Solution:
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

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1483-1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2736
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00049.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/4
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2736
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-2736
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2736
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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