Upstream information

CVE-2018-10900 at MITRE

Description

Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 8.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1101147 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • NetworkManager-vpnc >= 1.0.8-8.4.2
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome >= 1.0.8-8.4.2
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-lang >= 1.0.8-8.4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1538
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-1538
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
  • NetworkManager-vpnc >= 1.0.8-8.4.2
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome >= 1.0.8-8.4.2
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-lang >= 1.0.8-8.4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-1538
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • NetworkManager-vpnc >= 1.2.6-lp152.2.6
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome >= 1.2.6-lp152.2.6
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-lang >= 1.2.6-lp152.2.6
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6-lp152.2.2
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • NetworkManager-vpnc >= 1.2.6-lp153.1.31
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome >= 1.2.6-lp153.1.31
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-lang >= 1.2.6-lp153.1.31
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6-lp153.1.31
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • NetworkManager-vpnc >= 1.2.6-bp154.2.68
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome >= 1.2.6-bp154.2.68
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-lang >= 1.2.6-bp154.2.68
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA NetworkManager-vpnc-1.2.6-bp154.2.68
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • NetworkManager-vpnc >= 1.2.6-4.1
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome >= 1.2.6-4.1
  • NetworkManager-vpnc-lang >= 1.2.6-4.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10604

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 NetworkManager-vpnc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 NetworkManager-vpnc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 NetworkManager-vpnc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 NetworkManager-vpnc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 NetworkManager-vpnc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 NetworkManager-vpnc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 NetworkManager-vpnc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 NetworkManager-vpnc Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jul 13 14:42:06 2018
CVE page last modified: Sun Jun 16 00:05:53 2024