CVE-2008-3834

Public Exploit

Description

The 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.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.17% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822 exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834
http://secunia.com/advisories/32385 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html vendor advisory
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a
http://secunia.com/advisories/32230 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253 vdb entry signature
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/33396 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32127 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3834?
CVE-2008-3834 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3834?
To fix CVE-2008-3834, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-3834 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3834 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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