VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-3834
The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a message containing a malformed signature, which triggers a failed assertion error.
LOW 2.1EPSS 4.58%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a message containing a malformed signature, which triggers a failed assertion error.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.58% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- freedesktop/dbus · freedesktop/dbus1.0 · freedesktop/dbus1.1.0
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32127Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32281
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33396
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32127Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32230
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32281
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33396
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.