Scientific Linux SL5.x: 2008-0595 Moderate: dbus Security Update

Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:20:59 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for dbus on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: dbus security update
Issue date:	2008-02-27
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-0595

Havoc Pennington discovered a flaw in the way the dbus-daemon applies
its security policy. A user with the ability to connect to the
dbus-daemon may be able to execute certain method calls they should
normally not have permission to access. (CVE-2008-0595)

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
dbus-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.src.rpm
 i386:
dbus-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
dbus-devel-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
dbus-x11-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
dbus-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
dbus-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
dbus-devel-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.i386.rpm
dbus-devel-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
dbus-x11-1.0.0-6.3.el5_1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson