Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3328 Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:29:56.688Z

Reserved: 2011-08-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3364

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-11-04T21:55:03.863

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3364

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3364 - Bugzilla

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