Ubuntu Security Notice 1138-1 - It was discovered that DBus-GLib did not properly verify the access flag of exported GObject properties under certain circumstances. A local attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions or possibly cause a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1138-1
May 26, 2011
dbus-glib vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Summary:
An attacker could send crafted input to applications using DBus-GLib and
cause them to crash.
Software Description:
- dbus-glib: GLib bindings for DBus
Details:
It was discovered that DBus-GLib did not properly verify the access flag of
exported GObject properties under certain circumstances. A local attacker
could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions or possibly
cause a denial of service.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libdbus-glib-1-2 0.84-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libdbus-glib-1-2 0.74-2ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
CVE-2010-1172
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus-glib/0.84-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus-glib/0.74-2ubuntu0.1