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USN-2581-1: NetworkManager vulnerability

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USN-2581-1: NetworkManager vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

04/29/2015

Created

07/25/2018

Added

04/30/2015

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Ubuntu network-manager package for Ubuntu (vivid) before 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1, Ubuntu 14.10 before 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28.1, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1 allows local users to change the modem device configuration or ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file name in a request to read modem device contexts (com.canonical.NMOfono.ReadImsiContexts).

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-network-manager

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2015-1322
CVE - 2015-1322
USN-2581-1

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