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CVE-2011-3364

N/A
Published: November 4, 2011 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorIfcfg Rh Plug inNetworkManager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ifcfg Rh Plug in· Gnome
95%
All versions
gnome-networkmanager (environment)
NetworkManager· Gnomedevice
80%
All versions

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/
x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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