Out-of-bounds Read Affecting dbus-broker package, versions <0:28-5.1.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-DBUSBROKER-7859623
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed3 Jun 2022

Introduced: 3 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-31212  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 dbus-broker to version 0:28-5.1.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:6608.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dbus-broker package and not the dbus-broker package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in dbus-broker before 31. It depends on c-uitl/c-shquote to parse the DBus service's Exec line. c-shquote contains a stack-based buffer over-read if a malicious Exec line is supplied.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1