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Debian: CVE-2018-10900: network-manager-vpnc -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-10900: network-manager-vpnc -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/24/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-network-manager-vpnc

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