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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201503-02
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: D-Bus: Denial of Service
     Date: March 07, 2015
     Bugs: #539482
       ID: 201503-02

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in D-Bus, possibly resulting in local
Denial of Service.

Background
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D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to
one another.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  sys-apps/dbus                < 1.8.16                  >= 1.8.16

Description
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D-Bus doesn't validate the source of ActivationFailure signals.

Impact
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A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.8.16"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0245
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0245

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-201503-02.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 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