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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201812-02
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: ConnMan: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 02, 2018
     Bugs: #628566, #630028
       ID: 201812-02

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ConnMan, the worst of which
could result in the remote execution of code.

Background
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ConnMan provides a daemon for managing Internet connections.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/connman            < 1.35-r1                 >= 1.35-r1 

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ConnMan. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker, via a crafted DNS packet, could remotely execute
code or 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 ConnMan users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/connman-1.35-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-12865
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12865
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-5716
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5716

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02

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 2018 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