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CentOS 5 : dbus (CESA-2011:0376)

low Nessus Plugin ID 53429

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated dbus packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

A denial of service flaw was discovered in the system for sending messages between applications. A local user could send a message with an excessive number of nested variants to the system-wide message bus, causing the message bus (and, consequently, any process using libdbus to receive messages) to abort. (CVE-2010-4352)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. For the update to take effect, all running instances of dbus-daemon and all running applications using the libdbus library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

Solution

Update the affected dbus packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9e249f2f

http://www.nessus.org/u?c11469c2

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 53429

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0376.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4352

BID: 45377

RHSA: 2011:0376