USN-1176-1: DBus vulnerability
26 July 2011
DBus could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted message.
Releases
Packages
- dbus - simple interprocess messaging system
Details
It was discovered that DBus did not properly validate the byte order of
messages under certain circumstances. An attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service via application crash or potentially obtain
access to sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.