networkmanager is vulnerable to privilege escalation. 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.
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html
xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1338
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338