CVE-2011-1943

medium

Description

The destroy_one_secret function in nm-setting-vpn.c in libnm-util in the NetworkManager package 0.8.999-3.git20110526 in Fedora 15 creates a log entry containing a certificate password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

References

Advisories

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68057

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708876

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/6

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061329.html

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=78ce088843d59d4494965bfc40b30a2e63d065f6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-06-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00042