Package : dbus Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-3834 Debian Bug : 501443
Colin Walters discovered that the dbus_signature_validate function in dbus, a simple interprocess messaging system, is prone to a denial of service attack.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1+etch2.
For the testing distribution (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your dbus package.
Upgrade instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------