Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| [UNKNOWN] / networkmanager-vpnc | affected NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6 |
CWE
CWE-78
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/
- https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
- https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900