| Name | CVE-2009-4145 |
| Description | nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 563371 |
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+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1.52.1-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 1.54.1-1 | fixed | |
| network-manager-applet (PTS) | bullseye | 1.20.0-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.30.0-2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1.36.0-3 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 1.36.0-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| network-manager | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| network-manager-applet | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| network-manager-applet | source | (unstable) | 0.7.2-2 | low | 563371 |
- network-manager <not-affected> (-editor introduced in 0.7 on the -applet package)
[lenny] - network-manager-applet <not-affected> (-editor was introduced in 0.7)