Upstream information

CVE-2009-4145 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 565549 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • NetworkManager-gnome >= 0.7.0.r1053-11.16.61
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0.r1053-11.16.61
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • NetworkManager-gnome >= 0.7.1-5.22.28
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.1-5.22.28
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • NetworkManager-gnome >= 0.7.1-5.22.28
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.1-5.22.28
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • NetworkManager-gnome >= 0.7.1-5.22.28
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.1-5.22.28
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • NetworkManager-gnome >= 0.7.0.r1053-11.11.1
Patchnames:
slessp0-NetworkManager-gnome


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 NetworkManager Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 NetworkManager Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 NetworkManager Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 NetworkManager Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:07:46 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:36:27 2023