GLSA-201706-05 : D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100648

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-05 (D-Bus: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in D-Bus. Please review the original report referenced below for details.
Impact :

An attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files named “once”
with content not controlled by the attacker.
A local attacker could perform a symlink attack against D-Bus’ test suite.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/dbus-1.10.18'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100648

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201706-05.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/7/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dbus, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

GLSA: 201706-05

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