LOW
dbus denial of service
Published Oct 7, 2008
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.58%
Description
The dbus_signature_validate function in the D-bus library (libdbus) before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a message containing a malformed signature, which triggers a failed assertion error.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.1.4
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.10
- 0.11
- 0.12
- 0.13
- 0.20
- 0.21
- 0.22
- 0.23
- 0.23.1
- 0.23.2
- 0.23.3
- 0.31
- 0.32
- 0.33
- 0.34
- 0.35
- 0.35.1
- 0.35.2
- 0.36
- 0.36.1
- 0.36.2
- 0.50
- 0.61
- 0.62
- 0.90
- 0.91
- 0.92
- 1.0.2
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- rc1
- rc2
- rc3
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus-0:1.0.0-7.el5_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0008
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dbus-0:1.0.0-7.el5_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0008 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
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
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.58% 0.04585
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04585
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.58% (0.04585) | 91.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.62% (0.04623) | 90.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.05% (0.01048) | 75.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.47% (0.03468) | 91.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01121) | 84.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01182) | 84.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01182) | 82.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.67% (0.04669) | 89.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.67% (0.04669) | 88.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.67% (0.04669) | 74.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (26)
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32127 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32230 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32281 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32385 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33396 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1658 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:213 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021063 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2762 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3834 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464674 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3834 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45701 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3834
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10253 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3834
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7822 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00298.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 7, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3834
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a