CVE-2012-1096

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1096
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-10 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-10 19:45:00 UTC
DescriptionNetworkManager 0.9 and earlier allows local users to use other users' certificates or private keys when making a connection via the file path when adding a new connection.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnome Networkmanager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2012-1096 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2012-1096 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 738073 – VUL-2: CVE-2012-1096: NetworkManager: Arbitrary file access/information leak MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: NetworkManager arbitrary file access MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 793329 – CVE-2012-1096: local user may specify arbitrary files as certificates, private keys in connections MISC bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
769807 – (CVE-2012-1096) CVE-2012-1096 NetworkManager, wpa_supplicant: Improper x509v3 certificate and key file paths sanitization MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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