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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDVSA-2013:177)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66977

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerability.

Alexandru Cornea discovered a vulnerability in libdbus caused by an implementation bug in _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound(). This vulnerability can be exploited by a local user to crash system services that use libdbus, causing denial of service. Depending on the dbus services running, it could lead to complete system crash (CVE-2013-2168).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0173.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66977

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-177.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dbus-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64dbus-1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64dbus-1_3, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2168

BID: 60546

MDVSA: 2013:177