Input validation error in dbus - cve-2011-2200
Published: June 23, 2011 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32842
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: cve-2011-2200
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The _dbus_header_byteswap function in dbus-marshal-header.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28, 1.4.x before 1.4.12, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 does not properly handle a non-native byte order, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (connection loss), obtain potentially sensitive information, or conduct unspecified state-modification attacks via crafted messages.
Affected software
dbus
Gentoo Linux
dbus (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
dbus (Alpine package)
How to mitigate cve-2011-2200
Install update from vendor's website.
dbus - addressed in versions 1.2.28, 1.4.12, 1.5.4
dbus (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.0-r1
dbus (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.0-r1
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629938
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.2&id=6519a1f77c61d753d4c97efd6e15630eb275336e
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.4&id=c3223ba6c401ba81df1305851312a47c485e6cd7
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS?h=dbus-1.2
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS?h=dbus-1.4
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2007-March/007357.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2011-May/014408.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/12
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44896
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1132.html
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38120
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712676
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67974