Resource Exhaustion Affecting dbus-doc package, versions <1:1.12.24-1.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-DBUSDOC-3164746
  • published8 Dec 2022
  • disclosed10 Oct 2022

Introduced: 10 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-42012  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 dbus-doc to version 1:1.12.24-1.amzn2022.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-260.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dbus-doc package and not the dbus-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1