CVE-2012-2736 Misconfiguration in network-manager

What is CVE-2012-2736?

CVE-2012-2736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In NetworkManager 0.9.2.0, when a new wireless network was created with WPA/WPA2 security in AdHoc mode, it created an open/insecure network.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2736?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Gnome Networkmanager, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2736?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2012-2736 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2736 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2736, GHSA-j857-gcqp-8fmp.