CVE-2011-3364 (GCVE-0-2011-3364)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-11-04 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:29
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Summary
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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CWE
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Date Public
2011-09-26 00:00
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