A vulnerability was found in the current Backtrack 5 R2 version of the "Wicd" ( Wireless Interface Connection Daemon) software, where several design flaws have been found culminating in privilege escalation exploit. [1] To address this vulnerability, Wicd 1.7.2 was released to patch this vulnerability (CVE-2012-2095) as well as several other fixes have been included in this update. The list of fixes is available here and the latest tarball can be downloaded here. [1] http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------- Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu |
Guy 523 Posts ISC Handler Apr 12th 2012 |
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Apr 12th 2012 1 decade ago |
Perspective and clarity on the issue:
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49411 |
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Apr 12th 2012 1 decade ago |
Should probably set the threat level Yellow.
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