UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10900
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10900, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/20, https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10900
Affected packages
Package
Name: network-manager-vpnc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2.1
Affected versions
0.9.8.2-1ubuntu1
0.9.8.6-1ubuntu1
0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2
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
