CVE-2009-0578

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    CVE-2009-0578

    Published: 5 Mar 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34067, http://secunia.com/advisories/34473, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-727-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487752, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0361.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33966, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021909, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49063, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8931

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High