National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2176

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0930

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

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:171

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025711

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44858

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44858

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-8612

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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