Security restrictions bypass in D-Bus - #VU6932

 

Security restrictions bypass in D-Bus - #VU6932

Published: June 6, 2017 / Updated: June 9, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6932
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0:
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
D-Bus

Detailed vulnerability description

Multiple vulnerabilities in D-Bus might allow an attacker to overwrite files with a fixed filename in arbitrary directories or conduct a symlink attack.

An attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files named “once” with content not controlled by the attacker.

A local attacker could perform a symlink attack against D-Bus’ test suite.


Remediation

Update to version 1.10.18.

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