ALBA-2022:0360 nmstate bug fix and enhancement update
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Check this codebase for ALBA-2022:0360 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: ALBA-2022:0360 is a vulnerability in nmstate, published on 1 Feb 2022.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of ALBA-2022:0360 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: nmstate. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/ALBA-2022-0360/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/ALBA-2022-0360/index.md)
Bug fixes for nmstate networking library addressing port naming and virtual function identification issues.
- Exploited in the wild
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- Login needed
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- Attackable
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- Victim action needed
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- Fix
- Available
What is ALBA-2022:0360?
ALBA-2022:0360 is a vulnerability in nmstate, published on 1 Feb 2022.
Official description
Nmstate is a library with an accompanying command line tool that manages host networking settings in a declarative manner.
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
nmstate changes names of existing ovs-bridge ports when attaching a veth (BZ#2034139)
libnmstate expects VF to be named differently to its actual name if the name starts with enp (BZ#2039285)
Which versions are affected by ALBA-2022:0360?
Linux distribution packages (3)
nmstate AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.1.0-5.el8_5 |
nmstate-plugin-ovsdb AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.1.0-5.el8_5 |
python3-libnmstate AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 1.1.0-5.el8_5 |
How do I fix ALBA-2022:0360?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is ALBA-2022:0360 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of ALBA-2022:0360 in the wild and no public exploit code.