RHSA-2021:1574: Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for NetworkManager and libnma is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: NetworkManager (1.30.0). (BZ#1878783) Security Fix(es):

• NetworkManager: Profile with match.path setting triggers crash (CVE-2021-20297) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section. Related CVEs:
• CVE-2021-20297: NetworkManager: Profile with match.path setting triggers crash