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title: "CVE-2006-7246\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-7246

Publication date 27 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.8 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7246?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

NetworkManager 0.9.x does not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID when
802.11X authentication is used.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7246?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| network-manager | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7246?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

needs wpa\_supplicant support:
http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=commit;h=00468b4650998144f794762206c695c962c54734
also needs network-manager-gnome support

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| network-manager | * Upstream:   [?id=ca9](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=ca968105daa7bb9e2fd1d64c2d2270f110f984ba) * Upstream:   [?id=0b8](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=0b8097a26a59ef0b2c0ab78f9ec3656e5681404b) * Upstream:   [?id=4f3](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=4f38f02add9aa0e311f1ddb605b1aa0224ad057e) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.8 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Adjacent |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.8 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7246)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7246)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-7246)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7246)

### Other references

* <http://www.suse.com/support/security/advisories/2011_45_networkmanager.html>
* <http://lwn.net/Alerts/469005/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7246>