CVE-2006-7246

Publication date 27 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

NetworkManager 0.9.x does not pin a certificate's subject to an ESSID when 802.11X authentication is used.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
network-manager	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

needs wpa_supplicant support: http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=commit;h=00468b4650998144f794762206c695c962c54734 also needs network-manager-gnome support

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
network-manager	Upstream: ?id=ca9 Upstream: ?id=0b8 Upstream: ?id=4f3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.8 · Medium
Attack vector	Adjacent
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N