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CentOS 4 : dbus (CESA-2005:102)

low Nessus Plugin ID 21919

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated dbus packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

D-BUS is a system for sending messages between applications. It is used both for the systemwide message bus service, and as a per-user-login-session messaging facility.

Dan Reed discovered that a user can send and listen to messages on another user's per-user session bus if they know the address of the socket. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0201 to this issue. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, the per-user session bus is only used for printing notifications, therefore this issue would only allow a local user to examine or send additional print notification messages.

Users of dbus are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected dbus packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe3a6615

http://www.nessus.org/u?750bcf64

http://www.nessus.org/u?b29bb2a8

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21919

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-102.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-glib, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-python

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0201

RHSA: 2005:102