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authorSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>2020-06-02 12:18:05 +0100
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>2020-06-02 12:18:05 +0100
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Prepare 1.13.16dbus-1.13.16
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-dbus 1.13.16 (UNRELEASED)
+dbus 1.13.16 (2020-06-02)
=========================
+The “ominous mushroom hat” release.
+
+Denial of service fixes:
+
+• CVE-2020-12049: If a message contains more file descriptors than can
+ be sent, close those that did get through before reporting error.
+ Previously, a local attacker could cause the system dbus-daemon (or
+ another system service with its own DBusServer) to run out of file
+ descriptors, by repeatedly connecting to the server and sending fds that
+ would get leaked.
+ Thanks to Kevin Backhouse of GitHub Security Lab.
+ (dbus#294, GHSL-2020-057; Simon McVittie)
+
Enhancements:
• The API reference manual can be built as a Qt compiled help file if