GLSA-201701-20 : D-Bus: Format string vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96414

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-201701-20 (D-Bus: Format string vulnerability)

It was discovered that D-Bus incorrectly handles certain format strings.
The impact of this new vulnerability is believed to not be exploitable if D-Bus is patched against CVE-2015-0245. The previous vulnerability (CVE-2015-0245) was addressed in GLSA-201503-02 referenced below.
Impact :

A local attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Workaround :

The vulnerable D-Bus interface is intended only for use by systemd running as root.
The administrator can install a policy which denies sending from org.freedesktop.systemd1.Activator” to D-Bus. This will prevent non-root attackers from reaching the interface in order to exercise this flaw.

Solution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/dbus-1.10.12'

See Also

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96414

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-20.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 1/12/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2017

Reference Information

GLSA: 201701-20