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CentOS 5 / 6 : dbus-glib (CESA-2013:0568)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64939

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS 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 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a2013a8c

http://www.nessus.org/u?07a9c890

http://www.nessus.org/u?55dc6b72

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64939

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0568.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2013

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: 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0292

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-glib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dbus-glib-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0292

BID: 57985

RHSA: 2013:0568