CVE-2009-0578

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0578
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-05 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionGNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for NetworkManager - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
487752 – (CVE-2009-0578) CVE-2009-0578 NetworkManager: local users can modify the connection settings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
GNOME NetworkManager Lets Local Users Modify Network Configuration Settings. - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-727-1: network-manager-applet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
NetworkManager D-Bus Request Restriction Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NetworkManager Permission Enforcement Multiple Local Vulnrabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: dbus-1 (SUSE-SA:2009:013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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