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USN-653-1: D-Bus vulnerabilitiesReferenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-0595, CVE-2008-3834
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-653-1 October 14, 2008
dbus vulnerabilities
CVE-2008-0595, CVE-2008-3834
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libdbus-1-2 0.60-6ubuntu8.3
Ubuntu 7.04:
libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-1ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 7.10:
libdbus-1-3 1.1.1-3ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libdbus-1-3 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
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. (CVE-2008-0595)
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. (CVE-2008-3834)
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