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  • Committer: Steve Beattie
  • Date: 2019-02-19 06:18:27 UTC
  • Revision ID: sbeattie@ubuntu.com-20190219061827-oh57fzcfc1u9dlfk
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Candidate: CVE-2011-2520
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PublicDate: 2011-07-21
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References: 
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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2520
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Description:
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 fw_dbus.py in system-config-firewall 1.2.29 and earlier uses the pickle
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 Python module unsafely during D-Bus communication between the GUI and the
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 backend, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted
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 serialized object.
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Ubuntu-Description: 
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Notes: 
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 mdeslaur> This is actually a flaw in the system-config-firewall backend.
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 mdeslaur> system-config-printer opens pickles from the backend, but
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 mdeslaur> since we don't ship the backend (system-config-firewall),
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 mdeslaur> we're not affected.
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Bugs: 
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Priority: medium
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Discovered-by:
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Assigned-to: 
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Patches_system-config-printer:
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upstream_system-config-printer: needs-triage
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hardy_system-config-printer: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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lucid_system-config-printer: not-affected
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maverick_system-config-printer: not-affected
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natty_system-config-printer: not-affected
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devel_system-config-printer: not-affected