FKIE_CVE-2024-9050

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-10-22 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-26 00:16
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading the application to interpret values as keys. One of the most critical parameters that could be abused by a malicious user is the `leftupdown`key. This key takes an executable command as a value and is used to specify what executes as a callback in NetworkManager-libreswan to retrieve configuration settings back to NetworkManager. As NetworkManager uses Polkit to allow an unprivileged user to control the system's network configuration, a malicious actor could achieve local privilege escalation and potential code execution as root in the targeted machine by creating a malicious configuration.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8312
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8338
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8352
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8353
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8354
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8355
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8356
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8357
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8358
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9555
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9556
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9050
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313828
secalert@redhat.comhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/NetworkManager-libreswan/-/commit/dcf8acfb25bd31e4b8cbd20c229da660238b5c1b
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/25/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/25/1
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