CVE-2008-3834
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-07 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7b9bf4e165fd6153f5969e0a2d447d26ba0ebed6aaa9d25b84e5424ea6a550a0
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:213http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213
- www.debian.orgDSA-1658http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658
- www.securityfocus.com31602http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1418http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
- www.securitytracker.com1021063http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdbus-dbusvalidatesignaturewithreason-dos(45701)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701
- www.exploit-db.com7822https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834
- secunia.com32385http://secunia.com/advisories/32385
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:027http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html
- secunia.com32281http://secunia.com/advisories/32281
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8764https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html
- www.freedesktop.orghttp://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a
- secunia.com32230http://secunia.com/advisories/32230
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10253https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2762http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762
- secunia.com33396http://secunia.com/advisories/33396
- secunia.com32127http://secunia.com/advisories/32127
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0008http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-653-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dbus Fixed in 1.2.1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dbus Fixed in 1.2.1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dbus Fixed in 1.2.1-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.