CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired or
wireless network connection active at all times. The ifcfg-rh
NetworkManager plug-in is used in Scientific Linux distributions to
read and write configuration information from the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files.
An input sanitization flaw was found in the way the ifcfg-rh NetworkManager
plug-in escaped network connection names containing special characters. If
PolicyKit was configured to allow local, unprivileged users to create and
save new network connections, they could create a connection with a
specially crafted name, leading to the escalation of their privileges.
Note: By default, PolicyKit prevents unprivileged users from creating and
saving network connections. (CVE-2011-3364)
Users of NetworkManager should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Running instances of
NetworkManager must be restarted (‘service NetworkManager restart’) for
this update to take effect.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(61142);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3364");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : NetworkManager on SL6.x i386/x86_64");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"NetworkManager is a network link manager that attempts to keep a wired
or
wireless network connection active at all times. The ifcfg-rh
NetworkManager plug-in is used in Scientific Linux distributions to
read and write configuration information from the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files.
An input sanitization flaw was found in the way the ifcfg-rh
NetworkManager
plug-in escaped network connection names containing special
characters. If
PolicyKit was configured to allow local, unprivileged users to create
and
save new network connections, they could create a connection with a
specially crafted name, leading to the escalation of their privileges.
Note: By default, PolicyKit prevents unprivileged users from creating
and
saving network connections. (CVE-2011-3364)
Users of NetworkManager should upgrade to these updated packages,
which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Running instances of
NetworkManager must be restarted ('service NetworkManager restart')
for
this update to take effect."
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1109&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=3340
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a7bb43d2"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/09/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"NetworkManager-0.8.1-9.el6_1.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-9.el6_1.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-9.el6_1.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-9.el6_1.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-9.el6_1.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-9.el6_1.3")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");