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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201206-08 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: June 21, 2012 |
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Bugs: #401005, #411729 |
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ID: 201206-08 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd, the worst of which |
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might allow execution of arbitrary code as root. |
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Background |
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Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-misc/wicd < 1.7.2.1 >= 1.7.2.1 |
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Description |
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd: |
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* Passwords and passphrases are written to /var/log/wicd |
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(CVE-2012-0813). |
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* Input from the daemon's D-Bus interface is not properly sanitized |
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(CVE-2012-2095). |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could gain privileges of the root user or obtain |
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sensitive information. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wicd-1.7.2.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0813 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0813 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2012-2095 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2095 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |