CVE-2009-0365

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-03-03
Bugzilla:
487722: CVE-2009-0365 NetworkManager: GetSecrets disclosure

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

nm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1) network connection passwords and (2) pre-shared keys via calls to the GetSecrets method in the dbus request handler.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0365 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (NetworkManager) RHSA-2009:0361 2009-03-25
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (NetworkManager) RHSA-2009:0362 2009-03-25

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Ludwig Nussel for reporting this flaw responsibly.

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