vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2018-10900)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 26, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 26, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
When initiating a VPNC connection, Network Manager spawns a new vpnc process and passes the configuration via STDIN. By injecting a \n character into a configuration parameter, an attacker can coerce Network Manager to set the Password helper option to an attacker controlled executable file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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