GLSA-201406-01 : D-Bus, GLib: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74258

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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-201406-01 (D-Bus, GLib: Privilege escalation)

When libdbus is used in a setuid program, a user can gain escalated privileges by leveraging the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS variable. GLib can be used in a setuid context with D-Bus, and so can trigger this vulnerability. Please review the CVE identifier below for more details.
Impact :

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges and execute arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/dbus-1.6.8' All GLib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74258

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-01.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/2/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

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:dbus, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:glib, 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: 6/1/2014

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Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3524

BID: 55517

GLSA: 201406-01

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