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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:52:18 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: NetworkManager creates an open network
 when asked to create an adhoc-WPA network

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On 06/14/2012 10:28 PM, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala wrote:
> 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?

Please use CVE-2012-2736 for this issue.


- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
PGP: 0x5E267993 A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993

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