CVE-2009-1189

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-04-16
Bugzilla:
496672: CVE-2009-1189 dbus: invalid fix for CVE-2008-3834

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1189 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (dbus) RHSA-2010:0018 2010-01-07

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