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security advisorygentooupgrade recommendationGentoo: GLSA-200904-12 Normal: Wicd Information Disclosure Risk
A vulnerability in Wicd may allow for disclosure of sensitive information.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Wicd: Information disclosure Date: April 10, 2009 Bugs: #258596 ID: 200904-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= A vulnerability in Wicd may allow for disclosure of sensitive information. Background ========= Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/wicd < 1.5.9 > = 1.5.9 Description ========== Tiziano Mueller of Gentoo discovered that the DBus configuration file for Wicd allows arbitrary users to own the org.wicd.daemon object. Impact ===== A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials e.g. for wireless networks. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =net-misc/wicd-1.5.9" References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2009-0489 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0489 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200904-12 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux andensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
Apr 10, 2009
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security advisoryupdatesoftware patchSlackware 12.2: SSA:2009-041-02 Moderate: wicd Remote Access Vulnerability
New wicd packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix a security issue with the D-Bus configuration file that could allow local information disclosure (such as network credentials). More details about this issue may be found in the Common . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] wicd (SSA:2009-040-01) New wicd packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix a security issue with the D-Bus configuration file that could allow local information disclosure (such as network credentials). More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0489 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/wicd/wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to wicd-1.5.9. This fixes a security problem with the D-Bus configuration file that allows local users to intercept D-Bus messages, possibly including wireless network credentials. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0489 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 12.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.2 package: 503d6dd8cce8fe148d6799727a51f5a6 wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: f98aab4483d4aa1f6c16c4517e560b81 wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1.tgz Installationinstructions: +------------------------+ Kill any instances of wicd-client: # killall wicd-client Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1_slack12.2.tgz Reload D-Bus: # /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus reload Restart wicd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd restart Finally, restart any stopped instances of wicd-client as the normal user(s). Alternate approach: Upgrade the wicd package and reboot. +-----+ . Patch issued for sensitive data exposure in wicd D-Bus setup, applicable for Slackware 12.2 and rolling updates.. wicd Update, Slackware Security, D-Bus Vulnerability, Software Patch. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 10, 2009
Slackware
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