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Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : network-manager-applet vulnerabilities (USN-727-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 38131
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that network-manager-applet did not properly enforce permissions when responding to dbus requests. A local user could perform dbus queries to view other users' network connection passwords and pre-shared keys. (CVE-2009-0365)It was discovered that network-manager-applet did not properly enforce permissions when responding to dbus modify and delete requests. A local user could use dbus to modify or delete other users' network connections. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 8.10. (CVE-2009-0578).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected network-manager-gnome package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 38131
File Name: ubuntu_USN-727-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-gnome
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0365, CVE-2009-0578