CVE-2011-3364

Public Exploit

Description

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.

6.9

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.11%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/	exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338	patch exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3364?: CVE-2011-3364 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3364?: To fix CVE-2011-3364, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-3364 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2011-3364 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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