DSA-1658-1 dbus -- programming error

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1658-1 dbus -- programming error

Date Reported:

22 Oct 2008

Affected Packages:

dbus

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 501443.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3834.

More information:

Colin Walters discovered that the dbus_signature_validate function in dbus, a simple interprocess messaging system, is prone to a denial of service attack.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1+etch4.

For the testing distribution (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your dbus package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-doc_1.0.2-1+etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus_1.0.2-1+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/dbus-1-utils_1.0.2-1+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-dev_1.0.2-1+etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dbus/libdbus-1-3_1.0.2-1+etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.