Improper Input Validation Affecting networkmanager/networkmanager package, versions [,0.9.1.95)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NETWORKMANAGERNETWORKMANAGER-2635695
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Nov 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Nov 2011

CVE-2011-3364  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade networkmanager/networkmanager to version 0.9.1.95 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1