*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***
Public security bug reported:
I have a netbook whose wifi driver seems to be refusing to allow a custom MAC
address to be set. The Network Manager applet allows me to enter a value in
the "Cloned MAC address" field, but when it comes time to actually set the MAC
address and the driver doesn't accept it, the applet fails to notify me of the
problem and exposes my hardware MAC address to the wireless network anyway.
NetworkManager does log the problem to syslog, but relatively few users will
notice this because the UI makes it look like everything worked just fine, and
it doesn't solve the problem of quietly exposing the hardware MAC address
without the user's permission.
This is on an i386 Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) system, with network-manager-
gnome 0.9.8.0-1ubuntu2. The wlan driver is rt8800pci.
** Affects: network-manager-applet
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #702702
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702702
** Also affects: network-manager-applet via
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702702
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Title:
nm-applet fails to alert the user when the Cloned MAC address cannot
be set
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