USN-2581-1

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    USN-2581-1

    Published: 28 Apr 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: network-manager vulnerability

    Details: Tavis Ormandy discovered that NetworkManager incorrectly filtered paths when requested to read modem device contexts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass privileges and manipulate modem device configuration or read arbitrary files.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2581-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1322

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: network-manager

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1

    Affected versions

    0.9.8.0-0ubuntu22
    0.9.8.4-0ubuntu3
    0.9.8.8-0ubuntu1
    0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4
    0.9.8.8-0ubuntu5
    0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7

    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
    USN-2581-1 | CVE-DB