D-Bus dbus_signature_validate() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021063 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021063
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-3834
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Oct 16 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 1.2.4
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in D-Bus. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can supply a specially crafted message signature type to the dbus_signature_validate() function to the cause the target application to crash.
schelte at wanadoo.nl reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can cause the target application to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (1.2.4), available at:
http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.2.4.tar.gz
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Vendor URL: www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Exception handling error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:03:23 -0400
Subject: D-Bus
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
Panic from dbus_signature_validate (CVE-2008-3834)
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