udisks: Arbitrary code execution

udisks: Arbitrary code execution 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. udisks 2014-05-02 2014-05-02 504100 local 1.0.5 2.1.3 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"

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