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A connman security update has been released for Arch Linux.



ASA-202102-24: connman: multiple issues


Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202102-24
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Severity: Critical
Date : 2021-02-12
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-26675 CVE-2021-26676
Package : connman
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link :   https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1543

Summary
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The package connman before version 1.39-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including arbitrary code execution and information disclosure.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.39-1.

# pacman -Syu "connman>=1.39-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.39.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2021-26675 (arbitrary code execution)

A security issue was found in connman 1.38. A stack buffer overflow can
be used to execute code by network adjacent attackers.

- CVE-2021-26676 (information disclosure)

A security issue was found in connman 1.38. A stack information leak
from an uninitialised variable can lead to information disclosure to a
remote attacker. This information can be used to help exploiting
CVE-2021-26675 reliably.

Impact
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A network adjacent attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected
host.

References
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  https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69583
  https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/08/2
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=e4079a20f617a4b076af503f6e4e8b0304c9f2cb
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=58d397ba74873384aee449690a9070bacd5676fa
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=a74524b3e3fad81b0fd1084ffdf9f2ea469cd9b1
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-26675
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-26676