| Name | CVE-2009-4144 |
| Description | NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.2 does not ensure that the configured Certification Authority (CA) certificate file for a (1) WPA Enterprise or (2) 802.1x network remains present upon a connection attempt, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (connectivity disruption) by spoofing the identity of a wireless network. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 560067 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| network-manager (PTS) | bullseye | 1.30.6-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.42.4-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.50.0-1 | fixed |
| network-manager-applet (PTS) | bullseye | 1.20.0-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.30.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.36.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[lenny] - network-manager-applet <not-affected> (WPA/enterprise was added in 0.7.2)
- network-manager <not-affected> (vulnerable code is in -applet, which is a source package on its own as of 0.6.5)