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OESA-2024-2331 (CVE-2024-9050)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2024-11-01 11:07 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:07 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
NetworkManager-libreswan security update
Details

This package provides easy connections to IPsec VPNs using NetworkManager and Libreswan.

Security Fix(es):

A flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading the application to interpret values as keys. One of the most critical parameters that could be abused by a malicious user is the leftupdownkey. This key takes an executable command as a value and is used to specify what executes as a callback in NetworkManager-libreswan to retrieve configuration settings back to NetworkManager. As NetworkManager uses Polkit to allow an unprivileged user to control the system's network configuration, a malicious actor could achieve local privilege escalation and potential code execution as root in the targeted machine.(CVE-2024-9050)

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "This package provides easy connections to IPsec VPNs using NetworkManager and Libreswan.\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\nA flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading the application to interpret values as keys. One of the most critical parameters that could be abused by a malicious user is the `leftupdown`key. This key takes an executable command as a value and is used to specify what executes as a callback in NetworkManager-libreswan to retrieve configuration settings back to NetworkManager. As NetworkManager uses Polkit to allow an unprivileged user to control the system\u0026apos;s network configuration, a malicious actor could achieve local privilege escalation and potential code execution as root in the targeted machine.(CVE-2024-9050)",
  "id": "OESA-2024-2331",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:07:48Z",
  "published": "2024-11-01T11:07:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-2331"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9050"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "NetworkManager-libreswan security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-9050"
  ]
}



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