CVE-2011-3364

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3364
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-11-04 21:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionIncomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Ifcfg-rh Plug-in All All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.8.1 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.9.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager 0.9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
737338 – (CVE-2011-3364) CVE-2011-3364 NetworkManager: Console user can escalate to root via newlines in ifcfg-rh connection name af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: NetworkManager-0.9.1.90-3.git20110927.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE-2011-3364: GNOME NetworkManager Local Privilege Escalation « xorl %eax, %eax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xorl.wordpress.com Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:171 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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