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From: Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201406-29 ] spice-gtk: Privilege escalation
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:52:13
Message-Id: 53ACAD9F.1050703@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201406-29
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: spice-gtk: Privilege escalation
9 Date: June 26, 2014
10 Bugs: #435694
11 ID: 201406-29
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in spice-gtk could allow local attackers to gain
19 escalated privileges.
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21 Background
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24 spice-gtk is a set of GObject and Gtk objects for connecting to Spice
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/spice-gtk < 0.14 >= 0.14
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35 Description
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38 spice-gtk does not properly sanitize the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS
39 environment variable.
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41 Impact
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44 A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All spice-gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.14"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-4425
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4425
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-29.xml
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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