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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!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>2009-01-11</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-01-11</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 "&gt;=sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3834">CVE-2008-3834</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-11-26T18:43:42Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-11-26T21:51:45Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-11-26T21:52:15Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>