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Gentoo: GLSA-201110-14 Denial Of Service from Multiple D-Bus Threats

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Addressing diverse D-Bus security flaws through detailed remedial actions customized for Gentoo enthusiasts.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in D-Bus, the worst of which allowing for a symlink attack.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in D-Bus. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo symlink attack normal severity

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
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 21, 2011
Bugs: #348766, #371261, #372743
ID: 201110-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo symlink attack normal severity

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.

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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.

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