CVE-2009-4144

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.2 does not ensure that the configured Certification Authority (CA) certificate file for a (1) WPA Enterprise or (2) 802.1x network remains present upon a connection attempt, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (connectivity disruption) by spoofing the identity of a wireless network.

Affected products

GNOME NetworkManager: 0.7.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560067
http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=4020594dfbf566f1852f0acb36ad631a9e73a82b
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546795
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11315
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560067
http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=4020594dfbf566f1852f0acb36ad631a9e73a82b
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html

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