Improper Input Validation Affecting d-bus package, versions [,dbus-1.4.26)[dbus-1.6.0, dbus-1.6.12)[dbus-1.7.0, dbus-1.7.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DBUS-2371880
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Jul 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Jul 2013

CVE-2013-2168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade d-bus to version dbus-1.4.26, dbus-1.6.12, dbus-1.7.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound function in dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.4.x before 1.4.26, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted message.

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