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Ubuntu 10.04 & 8.04 USN-1138-1 Critical: DBus-GLib DoS Attack

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2011
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1140-1 addresses a vulnerability in libxml2 that permits unauthorized access to sensitive data, potentially exposing systems to attacks.
An attacker could send crafted input to applications using DBus-GLib and cause them to crash.

Summary

An attacker could send crafted input to applications using DBus-GLib and

cause them to crash.

Software Description:

- dbus-glib: GLib bindings for DBus

Details:

It was discovered that DBus-GLib did not properly verify the access flag of

exported GObject properties under certain circumstances. A local attacker

could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions or possibly

cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libdbus-glib-1-2                0.84-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  libdbus-glib-1-2                0.74-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2010-1172

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus-glib/0.84-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus-glib/0.74-2ubuntu0.1

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