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TI-2009-00555 Aliases CVE-2009-0578GHSA-qphg-f927-gw8f

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1)…

Priority LOW 28CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00339 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10VulnerableUbuntu
  • cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10 Vulnerable ·Ubuntu

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2009:0361 Released 2009-03-25 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    NetworkManager security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3, NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3.i386, NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3.ia64 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3, NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3.i386, NetworkManager-glib-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3, NetworkManager-devel-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3, NetworkManager-devel-1:0.7.0-4.el5_3.i386 +2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:0361
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0361
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0361

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0578
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qphg-f927-gw8f

References

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2007-05153 Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2004-01032 Multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP functionality for Linux kernel 2.4.22 to 2.4.28, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00896 Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00800 Buffer overflow in the QFILEPATHINFO request handler in Samba 3.0.x through 3.0.7 may… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00962 Buffer overflow in the exif_read_data function in PHP before 4.3.10 and PHP 5.x up to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00806 Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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