CVE-2016-0764

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Published 2017-07-17 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

2.1

VIR risk

6.2

Description

Race condition in Network Manager before 1.0.12 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 allows local users to obtain sensitive connection information by reading temporary files during ifcfg and keyfile changes.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

62%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0764

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0764.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.1.91-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.1.91-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.1.91-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.1.91-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.1.91-1`
rhel	7.0	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
redhat	networkmanager	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.8"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.