GLSA 201405-01: udisks: Arbitrary code execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	udisks: Arbitrary code execution
Date:	05/02/2014
Bugs:	#504100
ID:	201405-01

Synopsis

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in udisks, allowing a local attacker to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing operations on them.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-fs/udisks	< 2.1.3	>= 1.0.5	All supported architectures

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered when udisks is given a long path name as a mount point.

Impact

A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All udisks 1.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5:0"

All udisks 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3"

References

CVE-2014-0004

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-01.xml

Concerns?

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.