The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• MDVSA-2008:213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 31602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:1418 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1021063 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• dbus-dbusvalidatesignaturewithreason-dos(45701) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 7822 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32385 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 32281 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-8764 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 33396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32127 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-653-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:53 UTC.