On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:51:16 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 05:27:10PM +0200, Arno Töll wrote:
> > I've briefly verified offending code against the Squeeze and Sid version
> > of the package but I didn't try to reproduce the steps to exploit wicd.
> 
> I did try the steps, or a variation on them, and confirmed that the package
> is exploitable. Patch attached, which is basically a reformat of the
> researcher's patch and verified to mitigate the problem.

I already committed a fix to the upstream repository, which fixes the same bug
with wired networks too.

  http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/751

I'm releasing 1.7.2 right now, please have some patience.


David

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