[ GLSA 201110-14 ] D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-14

                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 21, 2011
Bugs: #348766, #371261, #372743
ID: 201110-14

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in D-Bus, the worst of which
allowing for a symlink attack.

Background

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

Affected packages

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 Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.4.12 >= 1.4.12

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in D-Bus. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

The vulnerabilities allow for local Denial of Service (daemon crash),
or arbitrary file overwriting.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.4.12"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4352
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4352
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2200
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2200
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-2533
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2533

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-14.xml

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.