Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-4144

Title: Gnome Networkmanager Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-4144.

CWE Category CWE-310

Published Date Dec 23, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.90%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-4144: NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.2 does not ensure that the configured Certification Authority (CA) certificate file for a (1) WPA Enterprise or (2) 802.1x network remains present upon a connection attempt, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (connectivity disruption) by spoofing the identity of a wireless network.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

networkmanager_project 1

redhat 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560067 http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=4020594dfbf566f1852f0acb36ad631a9e73a82b http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546795 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11315 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560067 http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=4020594dfbf566f1852f0acb36ad631a9e73a82b http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546795 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11315

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-4144 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 23, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.