CVE-2018-10900

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-10900
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-26 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-04 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionNetwork Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnome Network Manager Vpnc All All All All
Application Gnome Network Manager Vpnc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetworkManager VPNC plugin: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201808-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4253-1 network-manager-vpnc DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
service: disallow newlinies in configuration values (CVE-2018-10900) (07ac18a3) · Commits · GNOME / NetworkManager-vpnc · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Network Manager VPNC 1.2.6 - 'Username' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1101147 – VUL-0: CVE-2018-10900: NetworkManager-vpnc: local privilege escalation CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1454-1] network-manager-vpnc security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Network Manager VPNC - Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-10900) MISC pulsesecurity.co.nz Exploit, Third Party Advisory
1605919 – (CVE-2018-10900) CVE-2018-10900 NetworkManager-vpnc: privilege escalation allows to execute arbitrary commands as root CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news CONFIRM download.gnome.org Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710253 Gentoo Linux NetworkManager Virtual Private NetworkC plugin Privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201808-03)

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