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Bug 1605919 (CVE-2018-10900) - CVE-2018-10900 NetworkManager-vpnc: privilege escalation allows to execute arbitrary commands as root
Summary: CVE-2018-10900 NetworkManager-vpnc: privilege escalation allows to execute ar...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-10900
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1605922 1605921
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-07-20 17:36 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-05 18:56 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: NetworkManager-vpnc 1.2.6
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:33:48 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-20 17:36:53 UTC 
The Network Manager VPNC plugin 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.


References:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news

Patch:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-20 17:37:27 UTC 
Created NetworkManager-vpnc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1605922]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1605921]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2018-07-26 12:45:23 UTC 
NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:33:48 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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