CVE-2018-10900

Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2018-07-26

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Network Manager Vpnc (Gnome)
• Networkmanager-vpnc (Unknown)

References

• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10900
• https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager-vpnc/1.2/NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6.news
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-vpnc/commit/07ac18a32b4
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00048.html
• https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-03
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4253
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45313/