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Debian DSA-5250-1 : dbus - security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 165747
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5250 advisory.- An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format. (CVE-2022-42012)
- An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message with certain invalid type signatures. (CVE-2022-42010)
- An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message where an array length is inconsistent with the size of the element type.
(CVE-2022-42011)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade the dbus packages.For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.24-0+deb11u1.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1004543
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/dbus
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5250
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42010
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42011
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 165747
File Name: debian_DSA-5250.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 10/7/2022
Updated: 10/10/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42012
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-1-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-tests, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-3-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-user-session
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2022