53 lines
1.9 KiB
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53 lines
1.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201707-09">
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<title>GNOME applet for NetworkManager: Arbitrary file read/write</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in GNOME applet for NetworkManager
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allowing local attackers to access the local filesystem.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">nm-applet</product>
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<announced>2017-07-08</announced>
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<revised count="2">2017-08-06</revised>
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<bug>613768</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="gnome-extra/nm-applet" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.4.6-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.6-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>GNOME applet for NetworkManager is a GTK+ 3 front-end which works under
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Xorg environments with a systray.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Frederic Bardy and Quentin Biguenet discovered that GNOME applet for
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NetworkManager incorrectly checked permissions when connecting to certain
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wireless networks.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A local attacker could bypass security restrictions at the login screen
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to access local files.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All GNOME applet for NetworkManager users should upgrade to the latest
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version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-extra/nm-applet-1.4.6-r1"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6590">CVE-2017-6590</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-02T12:44:50Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-08-06T11:10:08Z">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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