USN-727-2: NetworkManager vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• network-manager -

Details

USN-727-1 fixed vulnerabilities in network-manager-applet. This advisory
provides the corresponding updates for NetworkManager.

It was discovered that NetworkManager did not properly enforce permissions when
responding to dbus requests. A local user could perform dbus queries to view
system and user network connection passwords and pre-shared keys.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.10

• network-manager - 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.2

Ubuntu 6.06

• network-manager-gnome - 0.6.2-0ubuntu7.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-0365

Related notices

• USN-727-1: network-manager-applet, network-manager-gnome