[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: abrt-2.6.0-1.fc22

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-9886
2015-06-13 00:14:24
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Name        : abrt
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 2.6.0
Release     : 1.fc22
URL         : https://github.com/abrt/abrt/wiki/ABRT-Project
Summary     : Automatic bug detection and reporting tool
Description :
abrt is a tool to help users to detect defects in applications and
to create a bug report with all information needed by maintainer to fix it.
It uses plugin system to extend its functionality.

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Update Information:

Security fixes for:
* CVE-2015-3315
* CVE-2015-3142
* CVE-2015-1869
* CVE-2015-1870
* CVE-2015-3151
* CVE-2015-3150
* CVE-2015-3159

abrt:
- Move the default dump location from /var/tmp/abrt to /var/spool/abrt 
- Use root for owner of all dump directories
- Stop reading hs_error.log from /tmp
- Don not save the system logs by default
- Don not save dmesg if kernel.dmesg_restrict=1

libreport:
- Harden the code against directory traversal, symbolic and hard link attacks
- Fix a bug causing that the first value of AlwaysExcludedElements was ignored
- Fix missing icon for the "Stop" button icon name
- Improve development documentation
- Translations updates

gnome-abrt:
- Enabled the Details also for the System problems
- Do not crash in the testing of availabitlity of XServer
- Fix 'Open problem's data directory'
- Quit Application on Ctrl+Q
- Translation updates

satyr:
- New kernel taint flags
- More secure core stacktraces from core hook
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jun  9 2015 Jakub Filak <jfilak at redhat.com> 2.6.0-1
- move the default dump location to /var/spool/abrt from /var/tmp/abrt
- hooks: use root for owner of all dump directories
- ccpp: do not unlink failed and big user cores
- ccpp: don't save the system logs by default
- ccpp: stop reading hs_error.log from /tmp
- ccpp: emulate selinux for creation of compat cores
- koops: don't save dmesg if kernel.dmesg_restrict=1
- dbus: validate passed arguments
- turn off exploring crashed process's root directories
- abrt-python: bug fixes and improvements
- fixes for CVE-2015-3315, CVE-2015-3142, CVE-2015-1869, CVE-2015-1870
- fixes for CVE-2015-3147, CVE-2015-3151, CVE-2015-3150, CVE-2015-3159
- spec: add abrt-dbus to Rs of abrt-python and abrt-cli
- spec: restart abrt-dbus in posttrans
* Wed May 20 2015 Matej Habrnal <mhabrnal at redhat.com> 2.5.1-3
- applet: fix problem info double free
- upload: validate and sanitize uploaded dump directories
- applet: switch to D-Bus methods
- lib: add new kernel taint flags
- abrt-auto-reporting: require rhtsupport.conf file only on RHEL
- doc, polkit: Spelling/grammar fixes
- applet: migrate Autoreporting options to GSettings
- config UI: read glade from a local file first
- config UI: Automatic reporting from GSettings
- Resolves: #1211644
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1216975 - CVE-2015-3159 abrt: missing process environment sanitizaton in abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216975
  [ 2 ] Bug #1214609 - CVE-2015-3150 abrt: abrt-dbus does not guard against crafted problem directory path arguments [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214609
  [ 3 ] Bug #1214452 - CVE-2015-3151 abrt: directory traversals in several D-Bus methods implemented by abrt-dbus [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214452
  [ 4 ] Bug #1212871 - CVE-2015-1870 abrt: default abrt event scripts lead to information disclosure [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212871
  [ 5 ] Bug #1212865 - CVE-2015-1869 abrt: default event scripts follow symbolic links [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212865
  [ 6 ] Bug #1212821 - CVE-2015-3142 abrt: abrt-hook-ccpp writes core dumps to existing files owned by others [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212821
  [ 7 ] Bug #1218239 - CVE-2015-3315 abrt: Various race-conditions and symlink issues found in abrt [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218239
  [ 8 ] Bug #1128400 - ABRT does not honor dmesg_restrict
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128400
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update abrt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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