CVE-2009-4145

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4145
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-23 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionnm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 546117 – CVE-2009-4145 NetworkManager: information disclosure by nm-connection-editor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
network-manager-applet - Applet for managing network connections af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
network-manager-applet - Applet for managing network connections af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Patch
oss-security - NetworkManager CVE assignment af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
NetworkManager Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NetworkManager nm-connection-editor D-Bus Information Disclosure - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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