# CVE-2012-2736: In NetworkManager 0.9.2.0, when a new wireless network was created with WPA/WPA2 security in AdHoc mode, it created an open/insecure network

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-12-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- network-manager: 0.9.2.0

## Description

In NetworkManager 0.9.2.0, when a new wireless network was created with WPA/WPA2 security in AdHoc mode, it created an open/insecure network.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on network-manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2736
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-2736
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-2736
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00049.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1483-2

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