Gentoo alert 202007-46 (dbus)
| From: | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | |
| To: | gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org | |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-46 ] D-Bus: Denial of service | |
| Date: | Mon, 27 Jul 2020 02:00:41 +0100 | |
| Message-ID: | <C0A86276-D069-4FD1-B146-0FF1DF766966@gentoo.org> |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: D-Bus: Denial of service Date: July 27, 2020 Bugs: #727104 ID: 202007-46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A local Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in D-Bus. Background ========== D-Bus is a message bus system which processes can use to talk to each other. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/dbus < 1.12.18 >= 1.12.18 Description =========== D-Bus does not correctly dispose of old connections meaning that it is possible for D-Bus to hit a connection limit. Impact ====== An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.12.18" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2020-12049 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12049 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-46 Concerns? ========= 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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2020 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. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5