CVE-2018-10900

Publication date 26 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
network-manager-vpnc 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.2.4-6ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.1.93-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.9.8.6-1ubuntu2.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
network-manager-vpnc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H