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GLSA-201503-02 : D-Bus: Denial of Service

low Nessus Plugin ID 81687

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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-201503-02 (D-Bus: Denial of Service)

 D-Bus doesn’t validate the source of ActivationFailure signals.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
 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-1.8.16'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 81687

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201503-02.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/9/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dbus, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0245

BID: 72545

GLSA: 201503-02