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GLSA-200904-12 : Wicd: Information disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 36140

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-200904-12 (Wicd: Information disclosure)

 Tiziano Mueller of Gentoo discovered that the DBus configuration file for Wicd allows arbitrary users to own the org.wicd.daemon object.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials e.g. for wireless networks.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/wicd-1.5.9'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200904-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 36140

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200904-12.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/11/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

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:gentoo:linux:wicd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0489

CWE: 16

GLSA: 200904-12