diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'glsa-200901-04.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | glsa-200901-04.xml | 66 |
1 files changed, 66 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/glsa-200901-04.xml b/glsa-200901-04.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b7a5f160 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200901-04.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200901-04"> + <title>D-Bus: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + An error condition can cause D-Bus to crash. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">dbus</product> + <announced>January 11, 2009</announced> + <revised>January 11, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>240308</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-apps/dbus" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.2.3-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.3-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + D-Bus is a daemon providing a framework for applications to communicate + with one another. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + schelte reported that the dbus_signature_validate() function can + trigger a failed assertion when processing a message containing a + malformed signature. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local user could send a specially crafted message to the D-Bus + daemon, leading to a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3834">CVE-2008-3834</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:43:42 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:51:45 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:52:15 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |