CVE-2012-2736: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 11.04 only; version 11.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Gnome Networkmanager: version 0.9.2.0 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 12.1 only

Published 2019-12-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.