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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-01 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: udisks: Arbitrary code execution |
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Date: May 02, 2014 |
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Bugs: #504100 |
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ID: 201405-01 |
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Synopsis |
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A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in udisks, |
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allowing a local attacker to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause |
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Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing |
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operations on them. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-fs/udisks < 2.1.3 *>= 1.0.5 |
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>= 2.1.3 |
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Description |
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A stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered when udisks is given a |
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long path name as a mount point. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition. |
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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 udisks 1.0 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5:0" |
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All udisks 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0004 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0004 |
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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-201405-01.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 2014 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 |