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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : dbus vulnerabilities (USN-653-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 36805
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Havoc Pennington discovered that the D-Bus daemon did not correctly validate certain security policies. If a local user sent a specially crafted D-Bus request, they could bypass security policies that had a 'send_interface' defined. (CVE-2008-0595)It was discovered that the D-Bus library did not correctly validate certain corrupted signatures. If a local user sent a specially crafted D-Bus request, they could crash applications linked against the D-Bus library, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3834).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 36805
File Name: ubuntu_USN-653-1.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dbus-1-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-cil, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-glib-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-glib-1-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-qt-1-1c2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:monodoc-dbus-1-manual, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.4-dbus, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-qt-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dbus-1-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-3
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0595, CVE-2008-3834