CVE-2011-2176

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    CVE-2011-2176

    Published: 2 Sept 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/44858, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html

    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