CVE-2008-3834 (GCVE-0-2008-3834)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-07 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:53
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32385 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32230 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/33396 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32127 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
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