The destroy_one_secret function in nm-setting-vpn.c in libnm-util in the NetworkManager package 0.8.999-3.git20110526 in Fedora 15 creates a log entry containing a certificate password, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1943
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708876
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68057
• http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=78ce088843d59d4494965bfc40b30a2e63d065f6
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061329.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/7