CVE-2011-3364
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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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Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of NetworkManager as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 as they did not include support for writing NetworkManager configurations to the standard /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (NetworkManager) | RHSA-2011:1338 | 2011-09-26 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | NetworkManager | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | NetworkManager | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Matt McCutchen for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation