CVE-2011-2176

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2176
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-09-02 23:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker: GNOME NetworkManager Lets Local Users Bypass PolicyKit Settings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Bug 709662 – CVE-2011-2176 NetworkManager: Did not honour PolicyKit auth_admin action element by creation of Ad-Hoc wireless networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: NetworkManager-0.8.4-2.git20110622.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:171 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
NetworkManager PolicyKit "auth_admin" Enforcement Weakness - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org
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