CVE-2011-2176

Description

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.

How to fix CVE-2011-2176

To remediate CVE-2011-2176, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/network-manager—upgrade to 0.9.0-1 or later

Is CVE-2011-2176 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 0.9.0-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2176