USN-2581-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2581-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2581-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2581-1
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Related
Published
2015-04-28T13:55:38Z
Modified
2026-02-10T04:40:53Z
Summary
network-manager vulnerability
Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NetworkManager incorrectly filtered paths when requested to read modem device contexts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass privileges and manipulate modem device configuration or read arbitrary files.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / network-manager

Package

Name
network-manager
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/network-manager@0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1

Affected versions

0.*
0.9.8.0-0ubuntu22
0.9.8.4-0ubuntu3
0.9.8.8-0ubuntu1
0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4
0.9.8.8-0ubuntu5
0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libnm-glib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libnm-glib-vpn-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libnm-glib-vpn1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libnm-glib4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libnm-util-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "libnm-util2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "network-manager"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1",
            "binary_name": "network-manager-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2581-1.json"
cves_map 
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1322",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}