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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0489: Wicd: Information disclosure

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-0489: Wicd: Information disclosure

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/09/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The DBus configuration file for Wicd before 1.5.9 allows arbitrary users to own org.wicd.daemon, which allows local users to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-wicd

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