CVE-2008-3834

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3834
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-07 21:01:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.10 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.11 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.12 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.13 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.20 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.21 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.22 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.23 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.23.1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.23.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.23.3 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.3 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.31 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.32 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.33 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.34 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.35 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.35.1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.35.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.36 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.36.1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.36.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.4 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.5 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.50 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.61 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.62 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.7 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.8 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.9 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.90 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.91 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 0.92 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.0.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.1.1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.1.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus All All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus1.0 rc1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus1.0 rc2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus1.0 rc3 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus1.1.0 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for dbus - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: dbus-1.2.4-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:1418-1: moderate: update for dbus-1, dbus-1-x11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Ubuntu update for dbus - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:213 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:027 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
D-Bus Daemon < 1.2.4 - 'libdbus' Denial of Service - Multiple dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
freedesktop.org - Software/dbus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freedesktop.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for dbus - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1658-1 dbus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
D-Bus dbus_signature_validate() Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Bug 17803 – Panic from dbus_signature_validate (CVE-2008-3834, CVE-2009-1189) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.freedesktop.org
D-Bus 'dbus_signature_validate()' Type Signature Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-653-1: D-Bus vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Bug 464674 – CVE-2008-3834 dbus denial of service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
D-Bus "_dbus_validate_signature_with_reason()" Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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