[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201206-08 ] Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201206-08

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: June 21, 2012

Bugs: #401005, #411729

ID: 201206-08

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd, the worst of which

might allow execution of arbitrary code as root.

 

Background

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Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 net-misc/wicd < 1.7.2.1 >= 1.7.2.1

 

Description

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Two vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd:

 

* Passwords and passphrases are written to /var/log/wicd

(CVE-2012-0813).

* Input from the daemon's D-Bus interface is not properly sanitized

(CVE-2012-2095).

 

Impact

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A local attacker could gain privileges of the root user or obtain

sensitive information.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wicd-1.7.2.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0813

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0813

[ 2 ] CVE-2012-2095

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2095

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5