CVE-2009-4145 Information

Description

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

Reference

http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=56d87fcb86acb5359558e0a2ee702cfc0c3391f2 http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8627880e07c8345f69ed639325280c7f62a8f894 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/37819 http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546117 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54898 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10539