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CVE-2011-2176

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
02/09/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.8.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:networkmanager:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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