CVE-2009-1189

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The _dbus_validate_signature_with_reason function (dbus-marshal-validate.c) in D-Bus (aka DBus) before 1.2.14 uses incorrect logic to validate a basic type, which allows remote attackers to spoof a signature via a crafted key. NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3834.

Affected products

Freedesktop Dbus: through 1.2.3; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+42)

References

http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17803
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32127
http://secunia.com/advisories/35810
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus#head-dad0dab297a44f1d7a3b1259cfc06b583fd6a88a
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/16/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31602
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50385
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10308

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