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FreeBSD : dbus-glib -- privledge escalation (77bb0541-c1aa-11e3-a5ac-001b21614864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73550

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Sebastian Krahmer reports :

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way dbus-glib, the D-Bus add-on library to integrate the standard D-Bus library with the GLib thread abstraction and main loop, performed filtering of the message sender (message source subject), when the NameOwnerChanged signal was received. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60916

http://www.nessus.org/u?13ea6a19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73550

File Name: freebsd_pkg_77bb0541c1aa11e3a5ac001b21614864.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/16/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-f10-dbus-glib, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dbus-glib, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0292