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From: Stefan Behte <craig@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201110-14 ] D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:24:55
Message-Id: 4EA1E182.8050801@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-14
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 21, 2011
10 Bugs: #348766, #371261, #372743
11 ID: 201110-14
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities were found in D-Bus, the worst of which
19 allowing for a symlink attack.
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21 Background
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24 D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to
25 each other.
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27 Affected packages
28 =================
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.4.12 >= 1.4.12
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in D-Bus. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 The vulnerabilities allow for local Denial of Service (daemon crash),
45 or arbitrary file overwriting.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.4.12"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-4352
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4352
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2200
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2200
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-2533
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2533
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-14.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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