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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202012-17 ] D-Bus: Denial of service
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:29:27
Message-Id: 1ac16ec9-d192-e83e-961f-d8a4858c687a@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202012-17
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: D-Bus: Denial of service
9 Date: December 23, 2020
10 Bugs: #755392
11 ID: 202012-17
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15 Synopsis
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18 A local Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in D-Bus.
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20 Background
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23 D-Bus is a message bus system which processes can use to talk to each
24 other.
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26 Affected packages
27 =================
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.12.20 >= 1.12.20
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34 Description
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37 It was discovered that D-Bus did not properly handle the situation when
38 two usernames have the same numeric UID.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or
44 trigger other undefined behavior, possibly including incorrect
45 authorization decisions.
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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-1.12.20"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] dbus 1.12.20 security update announcement
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65 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/ftp-release/2020-July/000758.html
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-17
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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