CVE-2011-1943

Publication date 14 June 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The destroy_one_secret function in nm-setting-vpn.c in libnm-util in the NetworkManager package 0.8.999-3.git20110526 in Fedora 15 creates a log entry containing a certificate password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
network-manager 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
network-manager-openvpn 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

according to debian, affects network-manager, not network-manager-openvpn

Patch details

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Package Patch details
network-manager
network-manager-openvpn

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