Synopsis
A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on systems using NetworkManager which is configured to obtain network configuration using the DHCP protocol.
Solution
Tenable has released an updated TenableCore WAS Image (v20180702) to address this issue. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/tenable-io-was-scanner)Additional References
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/3442151https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1111
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