CVE-2011-2176

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711

http://secunia.com/advisories/44858

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3