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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201110-14
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 21, 2011
Bugs: #348766, #371261, #372743
ID: 201110-14

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

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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

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

References
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[ 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
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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?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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