CVE-2008-3834

D-bus <1.2.4 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Jon Oberheide · cdosmultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822

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References (22)

[Vendor Advisory] http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32127

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1

[Various Sources] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32230

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32281

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32385

... and 2 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0185

EPSS Percentile 83.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (44)

freedesktop/dbus 0.1

freedesktop/dbus 0.2

freedesktop/dbus 0.3

freedesktop/dbus 0.4

freedesktop/dbus 0.5

freedesktop/dbus 0.6

freedesktop/dbus 0.7

freedesktop/dbus 0.8

freedesktop/dbus 0.9

freedesktop/dbus 0.10

... and 34 more

Published Oct 07, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026