oss-security - CVE Request: NetworkManager creates an open network when asked to create an adhoc-WPA network

Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:58:41 +0530
From: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE Request: NetworkManager creates an open network when asked to
 create an adhoc-WPA network

Hi All,

In NetworkManager, when a new wireless network was created with
WPA/WPA2 security, it created an open/insecure network.
>From the commit, it seems the bug exists in the kernel.

Reference:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782627
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655972
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commi/?id=69247a00eacd00617acbf1dfcee8497437b8ad39

The patch disables WPA adhoc networks completely untill a better
solution is found.

Can a CVE id be please assigned to this issue?


-- 
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala / Red Hat Security Response Team

Please check out the Open Source Software Security Wiki, which is counterpart to this mailing list.

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.