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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66593
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1955-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'network-manager, network-manager-applet' package(s) announced via the DSA-1955-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'network-manager, network-manager-applet' package(s) announced via the DSA-1955-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that network-manager-applet, a network management framework, lacks some dbus restriction rules, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

If you have locally modified the /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-applet.conf file, then please make sure that you merge the changes from this fix when asked during upgrade.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.4-6+etch1 of network-manager.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.6-4+lenny1 of network-manager-applet.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.0.99-1 of network-manager-applet.

We recommend that you upgrade your network-manager and network-manager-applet packages accordingly.

Affected Software/OS:
'network-manager, network-manager-applet' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0365
BugTraq ID: 33966
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33966
Debian Security Information: DSA-1955 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1955
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10828
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0361.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0362.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021908
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021910
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021911
http://secunia.com/advisories/34067
http://secunia.com/advisories/34177
http://secunia.com/advisories/34473
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:013 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:009 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-727-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-727-2
XForce ISS Database: networkmanager-dbus-info-disclosure(49062)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49062
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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