CVE-2011-2176

Summary

CVECVE-2011-2176
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-09-02 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2012-01-19 03:57:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.3.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.3.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.4.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.5.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.2 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.6 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.2 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.8.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.8.2 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager All All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.2.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.3.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.3.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.4.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.5.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.2 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.6.6 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.7.2 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.8.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.8.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org
SecurityTracker: GNOME NetworkManager Lets Local Users Bypass PolicyKit Settings SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
NetworkManager PolicyKit "auth_admin" Enforcement Weakness - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: NetworkManager-0.8.4-2.git20110622.fc14 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:171 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 709662 – CVE-2011-2176 NetworkManager: Did not honour PolicyKit auth_admin action element by creation of Ad-Hoc wireless networks CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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