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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-6372-1 Moderate DBus Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2023
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6372-1 resolves a DBus crash vulnerability caused by specially crafted messages, offers guidance for remediation.
DBus could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted request.

Summary

DBus could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted request.

Software Description:

- dbus: simple interprocess messaging system

Details:

It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled certain

invalid messages. A local attacker could possibly use

this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial

of service.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   dbus                               1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3
   libdbus-1-3                     1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6372-1

  CVE-2023-34969

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6372-1

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