CVE-2021-20297 is a medium-severity flaw in NetworkManager versions prior to 1.30.0, affecting products like Fedora, GNOME, and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to crash NetworkManager by manipulating match.path settings and activating a profile, leading to a denial of service. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for system unavailability warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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