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CVE-2012-2736

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

In NetworkManager 0.9.2.0, when a new wireless network was created with WPA/WPA2 security in AdHoc mode, it created an open/insecure network.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 11.04, 11.10
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• GNOME NetworkManager: 0.9.2.0
• Opensuse: 12.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00049.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/4
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-2
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2736
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-2736
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2736
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00049.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/4
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-1

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