fkie_cve-2018-10900
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2018-07-26 15:29
Modified
2024-11-21 03:42
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.newsThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-PrivescExploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.newsThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-PrivescExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome network_manager_vpnc *
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0


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{
   configurations: [
      {
         nodes: [
            {
               cpeMatch: [
                  {
                     criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:network_manager_vpnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                     matchCriteriaId: "D4988E91-3A00-4D2B-B9B0-98D63E7613A9",
                     versionEndExcluding: "1.2.6",
                     vulnerable: true,
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               negate: false,
               operator: "OR",
            },
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      },
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   ],
   cveTags: [],
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      {
         lang: "en",
         value: "Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.",
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      {
         lang: "es",
         value: "El plugin VPNC de Network Manager (también conocido como networkkmanager-vpnc) en versiones anteriores a la 1.2.6 es vulnerable a un ataque de escalado de privilegios. Un nuevo carácter de línea puede ser usado para inyectar un parámetro Password helper en los datos de configuración pasados a VPNC, permitiendo al atacante ejecutar comandos arbitrarios como root.",
      },
   ],
   id: "CVE-2018-10900",
   lastModified: "2024-11-21T03:42:15.450",
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}


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