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Fedora 21: 2015-10193 Critical: Libreport Directory Traversal Fix

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2015
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Patches for libreport in Fedora 21 bolster defenses against exploits and elevate the system's stability.
Security fixes for: * CVE-2015-3315 * CVE-2015-3142 * CVE-2015-1869 * CVE-2015-1870

Summary

Libraries providing API for reporting different problems in applications

to different bug targets like Bugzilla, ftp, trac, etc...

Update Information:

Security fixes for: * CVE-2015-3315 * CVE-2015-3142 * CVE-2015-1869 * CVE-2015-1870 * CVE-2015-3151 * CVE-2015-3150 * CVE-2015-3159

abrt: ====* Move the default dump location from /var/tmp/abrt to /var/spool/abrt * Use root for owner of all dump directories * Stop reading hs_error.log from /tmp * Don not save the system logs by default * Don not save dmesg if kernel.dmesg_restrict=1

libreport: =========* Harden the code against directory traversal, symbolic and hard link attacks * Fix a bug causing that the first value of AlwaysExcludedElements was ignored * Fix missing icon for the "Stop" button icon name * Improve development documentation * Translations updates

gnome-abrt: ==========* Use DBus to get problem data for detail dialog * Fix an error introduced with the details on System page * Enabled the Details also for the System problems

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Change Log

* Thu Jun 18 2015 Matej Habrnal 2.3.0-8 - introduce a new function ask_yes_no_save_result * Tue Jun 16 2015 Matej Habrnal 2.3.0-7 - harden the code against directory traversal, symbolic and hard link attacks - fix a bug causing that the first value of AlwaysExcludedElements was ignored - fix missing icon for the "Stop" button icon name - switch the default dump dir mode to 0640 - fix races in dump directory handling code - improve development documentation - translations updates - Resolves #1213485, #1169774 * Tue Feb 24 2015 Matej Habrnal 2.3.0-6 - ignore (a|A)ccesib(ility|le) words - try to reduce false positive sensitive words - ureport: correct variable initializations - allow (semi)recursive locking - ignored words: add a few 'key' and 'access' words - Resolves: #1175720, #1180135 * Fri Nov 28 2014 Jakub Filak 2.3.0-5 - anaconda: filter out rootpw lines - highglit OpenStack related strings - ureport: do not bother user with the configuration window - Resolves: #1041558

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1214609 - CVE-2015-3150 abrt: abrt-dbus does not guard against crafted problem directory path arguments [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214609 [ 2 ] Bug #1216975 - CVE-2015-3159 abrt: missing process environment sanitizaton in abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216975 [ 3 ] Bug #1214452 - CVE-2015-3151 abrt: directory traversals in several D-Bus methods implemented by abrt-dbus [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214452 [ 4 ] Bug #1212871 - CVE-2015-1870 abrt: default abrt event scripts lead to information disclosure [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212871 [ 5 ] Bug #1212821 - CVE-2015-3142 abrt: abrt-hook-ccpp writes core dumps to existing files owned by others [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212821 [ 6 ] Bug #1213485 - Can't extract files from downloaded d...

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Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libreport' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libreport
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 2.3.0
Release: 8.fc21
URL: https://github.com/abrt/abrt/wiki/ABRT-Project
Summary: Generic library for reporting various problems

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