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CVE-2009-1189
The _dbus_validate_signature_with_reason function (dbus-marshal-validate.c) in D-Bus (aka DBus) before 1.2.14 uses incorrect logic to…
Low3.6EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
The _dbus_validate_signature_with_reason function (dbus-marshal-validate.c) in D-Bus (aka DBus) before 1.2.14 uses incorrect logic to validate a basic type, which allows remote attackers to spoof a signature via a crafted key. NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3834.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (14)
- [oss-security] 20090416 CVE-2009-1189: invalid fix for CVE-2008-3834 (dbus) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- dbus-dbusmarshalvalidate-spoofing(50385) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 38794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-799-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 35810 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10308 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32127 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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