Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891454
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian LTS: Security Advisory for network-manager-vpnc (DLA-1454-1)
Summary:	Denis Andzakovic discovered that network-manager-vpnc, a plugin to;provide VPNC support for NetworkManager, is prone to a privilege;escalation vulnerability. A newline character can be used to inject a;Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to vpnc,;allowing a local user with privileges to modify a system connection to;execute arbitrary commands as root.
Description:	Summary: Denis Andzakovic discovered that network-manager-vpnc, a plugin to provide VPNC support for NetworkManager, is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A newline character can be used to inject a Password helper parameter into the configuration data passed to vpnc, allowing a local user with privileges to modify a system connection to execute arbitrary commands as root. Affected Software/OS: network-manager-vpnc on Debian Linux Solution: For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.10.0-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your network-manager-vpnc packages. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-10900
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