CVE-2011-3364

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductGnome Ifcfg-rh Plug-in
PublishedNov 4, 2011
First seenNov 4, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
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