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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-12

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-12
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Severity: Normal
Title: D-Bus: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 13, 2014
Bugs: #512940, #516080, #522982, #528900
ID: 201412-12

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in D-Bus, possibly resulting
in local Denial of Service.

Background
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D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to
one another.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.8.10 >= 1.8.10

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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A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-1.8.10"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3477
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3477
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-3532
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3532
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-3533
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3533
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-3635
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3635
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-3636
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3636
[ 6 ] CVE-2014-3637
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3637
[ 7 ] CVE-2014-3638
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3638
[ 8 ] CVE-2014-3639
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3639
[ 9 ] CVE-2014-7824
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7824

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-201412-12.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 2014 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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