Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : networkmanager (MDVSA-2011:171)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61935

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security issues were identified and fixed in networkmanager :

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 (CVE-2011-2176).

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 (CVE-2011-3364).

Instead of patching networkmanager, the latest 0.8.6.0 stable version is being provided due to the large amount of bugs fixed upstream. Also the networkmanager-applet, networkmanager-openconnect, networkmanager-openvpn, networkmanager-pptp, networkmanager-vpnc is being provided with their latest 0.8.6.0 stable versions.

The provided packages solves these security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?01c3d89f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61935

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-171.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nm-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nm-glib-vpn-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nm-glib-vpn1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nm-glib2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nm-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64nm-util1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnm-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnm-glib-vpn-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnm-glib-vpn1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnm-glib2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnm-util-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libnm-util1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:networkmanager-applet, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:networkmanager-openconnect, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:networkmanager-openvpn, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:networkmanager-pptp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:networkmanager-vpnc, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2176, CVE-2011-3364

BID: 48396, 49785

MDVSA: 2011:171