Gentoo: GLSA-201110-14: D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in D-Bus. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.4.12"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4352 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4352 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2200 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2200 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-2533 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2533
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-14
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in D-Bus, the worst of which allowing for a symlink attack.
Background
D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to each other.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.4.12 >= 1.4.12
Impact
===== The vulnerabilities allow for local Denial of Service (daemon crash), or arbitrary file overwriting.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.