PT-2011-3664 · Gnome+1 · Networkmanager+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2011-07-12 · Updated 2012-01-19 · CVE-2011-2176

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME NetworkManager versions prior to 0.8.6

Description The issue allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions. This is due to the improper enforcement of the auth admin element in PolicyKit.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.8.6, update to version 0.8.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2176

RHSA-2011:0930

RHSA-2011_0930

Affected Products

Networkmanager

Red Hat

References · 14

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2176 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0930.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2176 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44858 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2176 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0930 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662 · Note
• http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8 · Note