CVE-2011-3364

NetworkManager: Console user can escalate to root via newlines in ifcfg-rh connection name

Published Nov 4, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:29 PM
Reserved
Aug 30, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 4, 2011, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:33 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 26, 2011, 12:00 AM