CVE-2011-2176

GNOME NetworkManager <0.8.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

References (7)

[Various Sources] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/44858

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.8%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (16)

gnome/networkmanager < 0.8.4

gnome/networkmanager

... and 1 more

Timeline

Published Sep 02, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026