Bypassing Wireless Network Sharing Restrictions in GNOME NetworkManager

Bypassing Wireless Network Sharing Restrictions in GNOME NetworkManager

CVE-2011-2176 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

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