D-Bus Signals.C Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:21571

Info

D-Bus Signals.C Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21571
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-6107
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 12 2007 04:07PM
Credit: Kimmo Hamalainen is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
rPath rPath Linux 1
Redhat Fedora Core6
Redhat Fedora Core5
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Desktop 4.0
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.5
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.4
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.3
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.2
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.1
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.0
OpenPKG OpenPKG Stable
OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2-Stable-20061018
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.1
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.23
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.22
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.21
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.20
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.13
Not Vulnerable: D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.2

Discussion

D-Bus Signals.C Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

D-Bus is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue allows local attackers to disable the ability of a specific process to receive certain messages, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

D-Bus versions prior to 1.0.2 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

D-Bus Signals.C Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

D-Bus Signals.C Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in version 1.0.2. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc

Redhat Fedora Core5

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64

Redhat Fedora Core6

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.13

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.20

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.21

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.22

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.23

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386

References

D-Bus Signals.C Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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