DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10900
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2018-07-26T15:29:00.450Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:18:13.790878Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to VPNC, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / network-manager-vpnc

Package

Name
network-manager-vpnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/network-manager-vpnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900.json"

Debian:12 / network-manager-vpnc

Package

Name
network-manager-vpnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/network-manager-vpnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900.json"

Debian:13 / network-manager-vpnc

Package

Name
network-manager-vpnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/network-manager-vpnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900.json"

Debian:14 / network-manager-vpnc

Package

Name
network-manager-vpnc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/network-manager-vpnc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10900.json"