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Debian 1.6.8-1+deb7u6 DSA-3161-1 Critical: dbus Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2015
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-3162-1 outlines a critical security issue in the NetworkManager where crafted packets from unauthorized users could lead to a denial of service.
Simon McVittie discovered a local denial of service flaw in dbus, an asynchronous inter-process communication system

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.8-1+deb7u6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.16-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dbus packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: dbus
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0245

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