ghsa-6cmp-3578-qc4p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:12
Modified
2022-05-13 01:12
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-10900"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-78"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-07-26T15:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-6cmp-3578-qc4p",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:12:25Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:12:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10900"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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