Executive Summary

Summary
Title DBus vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4015-2 First vendor Publication 2019-06-12
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-06-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 3.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

DBus could allow unintended access to services.

Software Description: - dbus: simple interprocess messaging system

Details:

USN-4015-1 fixed a vulnerability in DBus. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Joe Vennix discovered that DBus incorrectly handled DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1
authentication. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
authentication and connect to DBus servers with elevated privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
dbus 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1
libdbus-1-3 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
dbus 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.9
libdbus-1-3 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.9

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4015-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4015-1
CVE-2019-12749

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4015-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 122
Os 4

Alert History

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Date Informations
2019-06-12 21:21:51
  • Multiple Updates
2019-06-12 21:18:47
  • First insertion