CVE-2009-1189 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2009-1189
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50385 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-799-1 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32127 Secunia Advisory: SA35810 MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/16/13 CONFIRM http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803 BID 31602

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