https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364972
Bug ID: 364972
Summary: hidden options are overwritten when using the gui
editor
Product: plasma-nm
Version: 5.6.4
Platform: Kubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: editor
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
UYsing nmcli, I have set a network-manager setting that is not supported in the
plasma editor (for example 802-1x.subject-match). I understand that not all
options can be eaily exposed in the gui, so setting it from the command line is
fine with me.
However, when I now make an unrelated change using th plasma-nm-editor (for
example, changing the AP priority), the changes I made from the cli are
silently reset. In case of the 802-1x.subject-match property, this is quite
disturbing, as it opens up my laptops to attacks using rogue access points and
mitm-attacks.
So, please keep any changes written from the graphical client as compact as
possible (i.e., only writing the keys that are actually exposed in the gui, or
even only hte keys that have been changed), instead of resetting all variables.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
0. (create an wifi network "eduroam" with 802.11x authn)
1. nmcli c modify eduroam 802-1x.subject-match radius.example.edu
2. open nm-connection editor in kde
3. change an unrelated setting (e.g., priority), and save
4. "nmcli c show eduroam" shows the "802-1x.subject-match" property has been
reset
Actual Results:
see above
Expected Results:
802-1x.subject-match poperty should have been kept
I'd consider this a security bug (see above), but I think the group of people
affected is not very large.
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