Bug#668397: wicd: Local privilege escalation

2012-04-11 Thread David Paleino
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 ste

Bug#668397: wicd: Local privilege escalation

2012-04-11 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
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

Bug#668397: wicd: Local privilege escalation

2012-04-11 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Arno Töll [2012-04-11 17:32]: > Package: wicd > Severity: critical > Tags: security > Justification: root security hole > > It was discovered, wicd in any version supported by Debian (i.e. stable, > testing and unstable) yields to local privilege escalation by injecting > arbitrary code thr

Bug#668397: wicd: Local privilege escalation

2012-04-11 Thread David Paleino
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:27:10 +0200, Arno Töll wrote: > It was discovered, wicd in any version supported by Debian (i.e. stable, > testing and unstable) yields to local privilege escalation by injecting > arbitrary code through the DBus interface due to incomplete input > sanitation. > > I've brie

Bug#668397: wicd: Local privilege escalation

2012-04-11 Thread Arno Töll
Package: wicd Severity: critical Tags: security Justification: root security hole It was discovered, wicd in any version supported by Debian (i.e. stable, testing and unstable) yields to local privilege escalation by injecting arbitrary code through the DBus interface due to incomplete input sanit