glsa-201405-01.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201405-01">
  <title>udisks: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <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.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">udisks</product>
  <announced>May 02, 2014</announced>
  <revised>May 02, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>504100</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-fs/udisks" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="rge">1.0.5</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge">2.1.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing
      operations on them. 
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered when udisks is given a
      long path name as a mount point.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All udisks 1.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-fs/udisks-1.0.5:0"
    </code>
    
    <p>All udisks 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-fs/udisks-2.1.3"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0004">CVE-2014-0004</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:02:46 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 02 May 2014 06:36:09 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>