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GLSA-200901-04 : D-Bus: Denial of Service

low Nessus Plugin ID 35348

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200901-04 (D-Bus: Denial of Service)

 schelte reported that the dbus_signature_validate() function can trigger a failed assertion when processing a message containing a malformed signature.
 Impact :

 A local user could send a specially crafted message to the D-Bus daemon, leading to a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200901-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 35348

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200901-04.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 1/12/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dbus

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3834

BID: 31602

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200901-04