Vulnerability CVE-2009-1189
Published: 2009-04-27   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The _dbus_validate_signature_with_reason function (dbus-marshal-validate.c) in D-Bus (aka DBus) before 1.2.14 uses incorrect logic to validate a basic type, which allows remote attackers to spoof a signature via a crafted key. NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3834.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Freedesktop -> DBUS 

 References:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/16/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50385
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10308
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/799-1/
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