Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3364
CVE-2011-3364
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:ifcfg-rh_plug-in:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 0.8.1, 0.9.0, 0.9.1
Patches
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References
5- xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/nvdExploit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.htmlnvd
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