CVE-2009-0365

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0365
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-05 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:33:00 UTC
Descriptionnm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1) network connection passwords and (2) pre-shared keys via calls to the GetSecrets method in the dbus request handler.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 - lts All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 - lts All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 - lts All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 - lts All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
(Red Hat Issues Fix) GNOME NetworkManager Lets Local Users Obtain Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
487752 – (CVE-2009-0578) CVE-2009-0578 NetworkManager: local users can modify the connection settings CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:009 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: dbus-1 (SUSE-SA:2009:013 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet CONFIRM svn.gnome.org
USN-727-2: NetworkManager vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
USN-727-1: network-manager-applet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME NetworkManager Lets Local Users Obtain Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet/trunk/nm-applet.conf CONFIRM svn.gnome.org
Bug 487722 – CVE-2009-0365 NetworkManager: GetSecrets disclosure CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat update for NetworkManager - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
NetworkManager D-Bus Request Restriction Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for NetworkManager - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
NetworkManager Permission Enforcement Multiple Local Vulnrabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1955-1 network-manager/network-manager-applet DEBIAN www.debian.org
(Red Hat Issues Fix) GNOME NetworkManager Lets Local Users Obtain Passwords - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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