Vulnerability CVE-2009-4144
Published: 2009-12-23   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.2 does not ensure that the configured Certification Authority (CA) certificate file for a (1) WPA Enterprise or (2) 802.1x network remains present upon a connection attempt, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (connectivity disruption) by spoofing the identity of a wireless network.

Type:

CWE-310

 (Cryptographic Issues)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Networkmanager 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546795
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11315
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=4020594dfbf566f1852f0acb36ad631a9e73a82b
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560067
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