Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-10900
CVE-2018-10900
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/NetworkManager-vpnc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/NetworkManager-vpnc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 1.0.8-8.4.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.8-8.4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.8-8.4.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
9- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/mitreexploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.newsmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privescmitrex_refsource_MISC
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