NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting dbus-broker-debugsource package, versions <0:32-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-DBUSBROKERDEBUGSOURCE-3347920
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed17 Jul 2022

Introduced: 17 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-31213  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 dbus-broker-debugsource to version 0:32-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-080.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dbus-broker-debugsource package and not the dbus-broker-debugsource package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in dbus-broker before 31. Multiple NULL pointer dereferences can be found when supplying a malformed XML config file.

CVSS Scores

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