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USN-1874-1: DBus vulnerability

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USN-1874-1: DBus vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/03/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdbus-1-3

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