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CVE-2009-0578

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and ...

6.2 MediumFix available

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Exploit likelihood

0.34%Down 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used6.2

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Record
CVE-2009-0578
CVSS 2.0
6.2 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Record
CVE-2009-0578
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0582No score

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Record
EUVD-2009-0582
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qphg-f927-gw8fNo score

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and ...

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Record
GHSA-qphg-f927-gw8f
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Record
CVE-2009-0578
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0578No score

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0578
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
network-manager-applet
Debian:12
before 0.7.0.99-1
0.7.0.99-1
network-manager-applet
Debian:13
before 0.7.0.99-1
0.7.0.99-1
network-manager-applet
Debian:14
before 0.7.0.99-1
0.7.0.99-1
NetworkManager
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-glib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-glib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
NetworkManager-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-glib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-glib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
NetworkManager-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 1:0.7.0-4.el5_3
1:0.7.0-4.el5_3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2009-0578 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Ubuntu Linux, published March 5, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in network-manager-applet 0.7.0.99-1.

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