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Gentoo: 202305-15 Alert: D-Bus Service Disruption Notification

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Several weaknesses found in D-Bus may cause local Denial of Service; immediate update needed.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in D-Bus, possibly resulting in local Denial of Service.

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 software update vulnerabilities normal severity d-bus

Resolution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.8.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3477 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3477 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3532 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3532 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-3533 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3533 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-3635 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3635 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-3636 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3636 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-3637 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3637 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-3638 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3638 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-3639 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3639 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-7824 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7824

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-12
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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: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #512940, #516080, #522982, #528900
ID: 201412-12

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update vulnerabilities normal severity d-bus

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in D-Bus, possibly resulting in local Denial of Service.

Background

D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to one another.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.8.10 >= 1.8.10

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.