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GLSA-201206-08 : Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59646

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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-201206-08 (Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Two vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd:
 Passwords and passphrases are written to /var/log/wicd (CVE-2012-0813).
 Input from the daemon's D-Bus interface is not properly sanitized (CVE-2012-2095).
 Impact :

 A local attacker could gain privileges of the root user or obtain sensitive information.
 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-1.7.2.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59646

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-08.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 6/22/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0813, CVE-2012-2095

BID: 51703, 52987

GLSA: 201206-08