Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : dbus (ELSA-2011-0376)

low Nessus Plugin ID 68236

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0376 :

Updated dbus 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 moderate 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.

D-Bus is a system for sending messages between applications. It is used for the system-wide message bus service and as a per-user-login-session messaging facility.

A denial of service flaw was discovered in the system for sending messages between applications. A local user could send a message with an excessive number of nested variants to the system-wide message bus, causing the message bus (and, consequently, any process using libdbus to receive messages) to abort. (CVE-2010-4352)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. For the update to take effect, all running instances of dbus-daemon and all running applications using the libdbus library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

Solution

Update the affected dbus packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-March/002021.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-March/002027.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 68236

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0376.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dbus-x11, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4352

BID: 45377

RHSA: 2011:0376