D-Bus up to 1.12.23/1.14.3/1.15.1 libdbus denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in D-Bus up to 1.12.23/1.14.3/1.15.1. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component libdbus. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-42012. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in D-Bus up to 1.12.23/1.14.3/1.15.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component libdbus. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format.

The weakness was released 10/10/2022 as 417. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.freedesktop.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-42012 since 10/03/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211086 (Fedora 37 : dbus (2022-b0c2f2ab74)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.12.24, 1.14.4 or 1.15.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211086). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211086
Nessus Name: Fedora 37 : dbus (2022-b0c2f2ab74)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: D-Bus 1.12.24/1.14.4/1.15.2

Timelineinfo

10/03/2022 🔍
10/10/2022 +7 days 🔍
10/10/2022 +0 days 🔍
06/09/2025 +973 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 417
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210371

Entryinfo

Created: 10/10/2022 07:56
Updated: 06/09/2025 22:16
Changes: 10/10/2022 07:56 (40), 11/17/2024 11:22 (16), 06/09/2025 22:16 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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