Vulnerability CVE-2011-2176
Published: 2011-09-02   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Gnome -> Networkmanager 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
http://secunia.com/advisories/44858
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8
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