CVE-2011-2176

critical

Description

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711

http://secunia.com/advisories/44858

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-09-02

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00054

Detections

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