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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44858 ↗