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RHEL 5 / 6 : dbus-glib (RHSA-2013:0568)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64904

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated dbus-glib 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 important 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.

dbus-glib is an add-on library to integrate the standard D-Bus library with the GLib main loop and threading model.

A flaw was found in the way dbus-glib filtered the message sender (message source subject) when the 'NameOwnerChanged' signal was received. This could trick a system service using dbus-glib (such as fprintd) into believing a signal was sent from a privileged process, when it was not. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2013-0292)

All dbus-glib users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications linked against dbus-glib, such as fprintd and NetworkManager, must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected dbus-glib, dbus-glib-debuginfo and / or dbus-glib-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0568

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0292

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64904

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0568.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dbus-glib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dbus-glib-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dbus-glib

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0292

BID: 57985

RHSA: 2013:0568