Access Restriction Bypass Affecting NetworkManager-glib-devel package, versions <1:0.7.0-4.el5_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-NETWORKMANAGERGLIBDEVEL-2450681
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Mar 2009

Introduced: 5 Mar 2009

CVE-2009-0578  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 NetworkManager-glib-devel to version 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2009-0361.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream NetworkManager-glib-devel package and not the NetworkManager-glib-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1