USN-4015-2: DBus vulnerability
USN-4015-2: DBus vulnerability dbus vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary DBus could allow unintended access to services. Software Description dbus – simple interprocess messaging system Details USN-4015-1 fixed a vulnerability in DBus. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Joe Vennix discovered that DBus incorrectly handled DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 authentication. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication and connect to DBus servers with elevated privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM dbus – 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1 libdbus-1-3 – 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM dbus – 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.9 libdbus-1-3 – 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.9 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need [ more… ]