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CVE-2011-1943 Detail

Description

The destroy_one_secret function in nm-setting-vpn.c in libnm-util in the NetworkManager package 0.8.999-3.git20110526 in Fedora 15 creates a log entry containing a certificate password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=78ce088843d59d4494965bfc40b30a2e63d065f6 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061329.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/6 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/7 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708876 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68057 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1943
NVD Published Date:
06/14/2011
NVD Last Modified:
11/02/2021
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.