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Gentoo: GLSA-201503-02 Normal Severity: D-Bus Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Vulnerabilities in D-Bus on Gentoo could result in local denial of service; it is advisable to apply updates to lessen threats.
A vulnerability has been found in D-Bus, possibly resulting in local Denial of Service.

Summary

D-Bus doesn't validate the source of ActivationFailure signals.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity d-bus

Resolution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.8.16"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0245 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0245

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-02
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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: Denial of Service
Date: March 07, 2015
Bugs: #539482
ID: 201503-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity d-bus

Synopsis

A vulnerability has 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 < 1.8.16 >= 1.8.16

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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