GNOME NetworkManager 0.7.2 WorkMan information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNOME NetworkManager 0.7.2. This affects an unknown part of the component WorkMan. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-4145. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNOME NetworkManager 0.7.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WorkMan. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

The weakness was shared 12/23/2009 as Bug 546117 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4145. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44677 (CentOS 5 : NetworkManager (CESA-2010:0108)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155703 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for NetworkManager (ELSA-2010-0108)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54898), Tenable (44677), SecurityFocus (BID 37580†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24639†). The entry VDB-51283 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 44677
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : NetworkManager (CESA-2010:0108)
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OpenVAS ID: 880580
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for NetworkManager CESA-2010:0108 centos5 i386
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01/19/2010 +17 days 🔍
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08/30/2021 +2357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: Bug 546117
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4145 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4145
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51284

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X-Force: 54898
SecurityFocus: 37580 - NetworkManager Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 24639 - Gnome NetworkManager Local Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability by Reading D-Bus Signals, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/30/2021 09:46
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (62), 02/20/2017 10:07 (8), 08/30/2021 09:43 (4), 08/30/2021 09:46 (1)
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