CVE-2011-2176

GNOME NetworkManager <0.8.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44858

Scores

EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (16)
gnome/networkmanager 0.2.0
gnome/networkmanager 0.3.0
gnome/networkmanager 0.3.1
gnome/networkmanager 0.4.1
gnome/networkmanager 0.5.0
gnome/networkmanager 0.5.1
gnome/networkmanager 0.6.0
gnome/networkmanager 0.6.1
gnome/networkmanager 0.6.2
gnome/networkmanager 0.6.6
... and 6 more
Published Sep 02, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026