Gentoo: GLSA-201205-02: ConnMan: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ConnMan:
* Errors in inet.c and rtnl.c prevent ConnMan from checking the origin
of netlink messages (CVE-2012-2320).
* ConnMan does not properly check for shell escapes when requesting a
hostname via DHCP (CVE-2012-2321).
* An infinite loop error exists in client.c (CVE-2012-2322).
Resolution
All ConnMan users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/connman-1.0-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2320 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2320 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2321 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2321 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-2322 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2322
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201205-02
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 have been found in ConnMan, allowing attackersto execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Background
ConnMan provides a daemon for managing Internet connections.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/connman < 1.0-r1 >= 1.0-r1
Impact
===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.