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CVE-2009-4145

Published: 23 December 2009

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
reproducer in RH bug
already fixed in 0.8

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
network-manager
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Not vulnerable

intrepid Not vulnerable

jaunty Not vulnerable

karmic Not vulnerable

upstream Needed

network-manager-applet
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Not vulnerable
(0.6.6-0ubuntu3.1)
intrepid
Released (0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1.8.10.3)
jaunty
Released (0.7.1~rc4.1-0ubuntu2.1)
karmic Not vulnerable
(0.8~a~git.20091014t134532.4033e62-0ubuntu1)
upstream Needed

Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8627880e07c8345f69ed639325280c7f62a8f894
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=56d87fcb86acb5359558e0a2ee702cfc0c3391f2
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8677b82ed7166a1c754aa9aab4e85123819ad545 (fixes regression)