NetworkManager: Console user can escalate to root via newlines in ifcfg-rh connection name
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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Configuration 1 [-]
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| Package | CPE | Advisory | Released Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | |||
| NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-9.el6_1.3 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 | RHSA-2011:1338 | 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z |
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2011-3328 | Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file. |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
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Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.473% probability within 30 days)
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