CVE-2008-3834

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-7822 dos multiple verified

Jon Oberheide · 2009-01-19

D-Bus Daemon < 1.2.4 - 'libdbus' Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.2.1-4`
sid	Fixed	`1.2.1-4`
forky	Fixed	`1.2.1-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.2.1-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.2.1-4`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3834

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.