Vulnerability Details CVE-2011-3364
Incomplete 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 18.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338
Products affected by CVE-2011-3364
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:ifcfg-rh_plug-in:*
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.9.1