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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0366 -- [Linux] Wicd: Access Privileged Data 16 April 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: wicd Publisher: Gentoo Operating System: Gentoo Linux variants Impact: Access Privileged Data Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2009-0489 Original Bulletin: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-12.xml Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Gentoo. It is recommended that administrators running wicd check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Wicd: Information disclosure Date: April 10, 2009 Bugs: #258596 ID: 200904-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability in Wicd may allow for disclosure of sensitive information. Background ========== Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/wicd < 1.5.9 >= 1.5.9 Description =========== Tiziano Mueller of Gentoo discovered that the DBus configuration file for Wicd allows arbitrary users to own the org.wicd.daemon object. Impact ====== A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials e.g. for wireless networks. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Wicd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wicd-1.5.9" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2009-0489 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0489 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-12.xml 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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). 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