Input validation error in D-Bus and Opensuse - CVE-2013-2168
Published: July 3, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42757
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2168
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
D-Bus
Opensuse
D-Bus
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound function in dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.4.x before 1.4.26, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted message.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2168
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?id=954d75b2b64e4799f360d2a6bf9cff6d9fee37e7
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109896.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/110114.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2013-June/015696.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53832
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2707
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:177
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60546
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028667
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1874-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974109
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16881