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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.
| Package | sys-fs/udisks on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.1.3 |
| Unaffected versions | revision >= 1.0.5 >= 2.1.3 |
udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing operations on them.
A stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered when udisks is given a long path name as a mount point.
A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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"
Release date
May 02, 2014
Latest revision
May 02, 2014: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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