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1.9 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201206-08">
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<title>Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd, the worst of
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which might allow execution of arbitrary code as root.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">wicd</product>
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<announced>2012-06-21</announced>
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<revised count="1">2012-06-21</revised>
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<bug>401005</bug>
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<bug>411729</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-misc/wicd" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.7.2.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.7.2.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Two vulnerabilities have been found in Wicd:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Passwords and passphrases are written to /var/log/wicd
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(CVE-2012-0813).
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</li>
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<li>Input from the daemon's D-Bus interface is not properly sanitized
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(CVE-2012-2095).
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</li>
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</ul>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A local attacker could gain privileges of the root user or obtain
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sensitive information.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wicd-1.7.2.1"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0813">CVE-2012-0813</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2095">CVE-2012-2095</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-04-15T04:06:17Z" tag="requester">
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underling
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</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-06-21T10:10:59Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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