D-Bus, GLib: Privilege escalation

D-Bus, GLib: Privilege escalation A vulnerability has been found in D-Bus which allows local attackers to gain escalated privileges. dbus 2014-06-01 2014-06-01 436028 local 1.6.8 1.6.8 2.32.4-r1 2.32.4-r1

D-Bus is a daemon providing a framework for applications to communicate with one another. GLib is a library providing a number of GNOMEâ€™s core objects and functions.

When libdbus is used in a setuid program, a user can gain escalated privileges by leveraging the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS variable. GLib can be used in a setuid context with D-Bus, and so can trigger this vulnerability. Please review the CVE identifier below for more details.

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges and execute arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.6.8"

All GLib users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1"

CVE-2012-3524 ackle creffett