Race Condition Affecting network-manager package, versions <1.1.91-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-NETWORKMANAGER-530127
  • published17 Jul 2017
  • disclosed17 Jul 2017

Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2016-0764  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 network-manager to version 1.1.91-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream network-manager package and not the network-manager package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in Network Manager before 1.0.12 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 allows local users to obtain sensitive connection information by reading temporary files during ifcfg and keyfile changes.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1