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D-Bus "match_rule_equal()" Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23373
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Release Date:
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2006-12-14
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Last Update:
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2006-12-19
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Popularity:
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6,890 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | D-BUS 0.x
D-Bus 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6107
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Description:
Kimmo Hämäläinen has reported a weakness in D-Bus, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
An error within the "match_rule_equal()" function can be exploited to disable the ability of other processes to receive messages by removing their matches from D-Bus.
The weakness is reported in versions prior to 1.0.2.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.2.
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus
Provided and/or discovered by:
Kimmo Hämäläinen
Changelog:
2006-12-19: Updated "Where" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus
Other References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218055
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