CVE-2008-3834

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

Severity Score

10.0

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La función dbus_signature_validat en la librería D-bus (libdbus), versiones anteriores a 1.2.4, permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicios (aplicación suspendida) a través de un mensaje que contiene una firma mal formada, el cual lanza un error assertion.

Havoc Pennington discovered that the D-Bus daemon did not correctly validate certain security policies. If a local user sent a specially crafted D-Bus request, they could bypass security policies that had a "send_interface" defined. It was discovered that the D-Bus library did not correctly validate certain corrupted signatures. If a local user sent a specially crafted D-Bus request, they could crash applications linked against the D-Bus library, leading to a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-08-27 CVE Reserved
2008-10-07 CVE Published
2009-01-20 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (25)

URL	Tag	Source
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/32230	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32385	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33396	Third Party Advisory
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762	Vdb Entry
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/74119	2009-01-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html	2017-09-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html	2017-09-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/32127	2017-09-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658	2017-09-29
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213	2017-09-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html	2017-09-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html	2017-09-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3834	2009-01-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464674	2009-01-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				<= 1.1.4 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version " <= 1.1.4"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.1 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.1"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.3 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.3"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.4 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.4"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.5 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.5"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.6 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.6"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.7 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.7"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.8 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.8"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.9 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.9"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.10 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.10"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.11 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.11"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.12 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.12"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.13 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.13"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.20 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.20"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.21 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.21"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.22 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.22"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.23 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.23"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.23.1 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.23.1"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.23.2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.23.2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.23.3 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.23.3"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.31 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.31"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.32 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.32"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.33 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.33"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.34 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.34"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.35 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.35"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.35.1 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.35.1"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.35.2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.35.2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.36 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.36"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.36.1 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.36.1"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.36.2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.36.2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.50 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.50"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.61 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.61"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.62 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.62"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.90 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.90"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.91 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.91"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				0.92 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "0.92"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				1.1.1 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "1.1.1"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				1.1.2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version "1.1.2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus1.0 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.0"				rc1 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.0" and version "rc1"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus1.0 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.0"				rc2 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.0" and version "rc2"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus1.0 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.0"				rc3 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.0" and version "rc3"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus1.1.0 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus1.1.0"				*		-		Affected