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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201406-29
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 Severity: High
    Title: spice-gtk: Privilege escalation
     Date: June 26, 2014
     Bugs: #435694
       ID: 201406-29

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in spice-gtk could allow local attackers to gain
escalated privileges.

Background
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spice-gtk is a set of GObject and Gtk objects for connecting to Spice
servers and a client GUI.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/spice-gtk            < 0.14                     >= 0.14

Description
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spice-gtk does not properly sanitize the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS
environment variable.

Impact
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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All spice-gtk users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/spice-gtk-0.14"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-4425
      https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-4425

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-29.xml

Concerns?
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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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5