USN-4015-1 fixed a vulnerability in DBus. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Joe Vennix discovered that DBus incorrectly handled DBUSCOOKIESHA1 authentication. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication and connect to DBus servers with elevated privileges.
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"binaries": [
{
"binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1",
"binary_name": "dbus"
},
{
"binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1",
"binary_name": "dbus-x11"
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"binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1",
"binary_name": "libdbus-1-3"
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"binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.5+esm1",
"binary_name": "libdbus-1-dev"
}
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"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}