Ubuntu Linux 8.10 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Ubuntu Linux 8.10. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0578. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

The bug was discovered 03/03/2009. The weakness was presented 03/04/2009 with Ubuntu as Bug 487752 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0578 since 02/13/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43734 (CentOS 5 : NetworkManager (CESA-2009:0361)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165633 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update dbus-1 (SUSE-SA:2009:013)).

Upgrading to version 8.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49063), Tenable (43734), SecurityFocus (BID 33966†), OSVDB (53654†) and Secunia (SA34473†). See VDB-46966 and VDB-45359 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 43734
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : NetworkManager (CESA-2009:0361)
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OpenVAS ID: 63527
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-2419 (knetworkmanager)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Linux 8.10

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ubuntu.com

Advisory: Bug 487752
Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46968

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X-Force: 49063
SecurityFocus: 33966 - NetworkManager Permission Enforcement Multiple Local Vulnrabilities
Secunia: 34473 - Red Hat update for NetworkManager, Not Critical
OSVDB: 53654 - CVE-2009-0578 - GNOME - NetworkManager - Connection Modification Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021909
Vulnerability Center: 21279 - NetworkManager in Ubuntu D-Bus Local Security Restrictions Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/30/2019 17:10
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (89), 08/30/2019 17:10 (4)
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