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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...
CVE-2018-10900
First seen on SecPulse
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900 network-manager-vpnc Fixed in: 1.2.6-1
Original description The description as published by the source.
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
- advisory download.gnome.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory debian.org
- patch bugzilla.redhat.com
- patch gitlab.gnome.org
- report bugzilla.novell.com
- report pulsesecurity.co.nz
- report exploit-db.com