Vulnerability in GNOME Ifcfg-Rh Plug-In
CVE-2011-3364
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Ifcfg-Rh Plug-In
- GNOME Networkmanager — versions 0.8.1, 0.9.0, 0.9.1
References
- xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privileg… (Exploit)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html (vendor-advisory)