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Gentoo: GLSA-201206-08 High: Wicd Multiple Issues Threatening Root Access

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Calendar Grey June 21, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo's Wicd has received a critical security notice regarding vulnerabilities that could potentially grant root privileges. It is recommended to perform an upgrade.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd, the worst of which might allow execution of arbitrary code as root.

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd: * Passwords and passphrases are written to /var/log/wicd (CVE-2012-0813). * Input from the daemon's D-Bus interface is not properly sanitized (CVE-2012-2095).

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code execution root access input sanitization Wicd

Resolution

All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wicd-1.7.2.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0813 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0813 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2095 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2095

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-08
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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: High
Title: Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 21, 2012
Bugs: #401005, #411729
ID: 201206-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code execution root access input sanitization Wicd

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd, the worst of which might allow execution of arbitrary code as root.

Background

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/wicd < 1.7.2.1 >= 1.7.2.1

Impact

===== A local attacker could gain privileges of the root user or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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