Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libdbus (cve_2012_3524_permissions_privileges)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80665

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libdbus itself: 'we do not support use of libdbus in setuid binaries that do not sanitize their environment before their first call into libdbus.' (CVE-2012-3524)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 12.4.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?5a6fee51

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80665

File Name: solaris11_libdbus_20121016.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:libdbus

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3524