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dbus — security advisory
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.
- Products
- dbus
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.1-4
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-3834
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3834
dbus
Fixed versions: 1.2.1-4
dbus
Fixed versions: 1.2.1-4
dbus
Fixed versions: 1.2.1-4
Complete source record
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