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65 lines
1.8 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200901-04">
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<title>D-Bus: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>
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An error condition can cause D-Bus to crash.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">dbus</product>
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<announced>January 11, 2009</announced>
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<revised>January 11, 2009: 01</revised>
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<bug>240308</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/dbus" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.2.3-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.2.3-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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D-Bus is a daemon providing a framework for applications to communicate
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with one another.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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schelte reported that the dbus_signature_validate() function can
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trigger a failed assertion when processing a message containing a
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malformed signature.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local user could send a specially crafted message to the D-Bus
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daemon, leading to a Denial of Service.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3834">CVE-2008-3834</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:43:42 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:51:45 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:52:15 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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