MGASA-2014-0560

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    MGASA-2014-0560

    Published: 31 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated plasma-nm packages add openvpn certificate verification

    Details: Updated plasma-applet-nm packages add OpenVPN option for server certificate verification Plasma-nm does not tell OpenVPN to perform server certificate verification. Consequently, anyone with the preshared key is able to perform a MITM attack by impersonating the server. This update add option to the OpenVPN plugin for server certificate verification.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0560.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14812, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341069, http://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/626419, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146024.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: plasma-nm

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/plasma-nm?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.3.2-1.1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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