CVE-2009-4145

Publication date 23 December 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
network-manager	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored
network-manager-applet	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 0.7.1~rc4.1-0ubuntu2.1
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1.8.10.3
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

reproducer in RH bug already fixed in 0.8

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
network-manager-applet	Upstream: ?h=NETW Upstream: ?h=NETW Upstream: ?h=NETW

CVE-2009-4145

Status

Notes

mdeslaur

Patch details

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