62 lines
1.8 KiB
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62 lines
1.8 KiB
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<?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="200904-12">
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<title>Wicd: Information disclosure</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability in Wicd may allow for disclosure of sensitive information.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">wicd</product>
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<announced>2009-04-10</announced>
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<revised count="01">2009-04-10</revised>
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<bug>258596</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">1.5.9</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.5.9</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Tiziano Mueller of Gentoo discovered that the DBus configuration file
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for Wicd allows arbitrary users to own the org.wicd.daemon object.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to receive messages
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that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials
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e.g. for wireless networks.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wicd-1.5.9"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0489">CVE-2009-0489</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-04-08T22:52:50Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-04-09T11:29:45Z">
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keytoaster
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-04-09T21:59:43Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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