USN-5704-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42010)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-10-27 13:00 – Updated: 2026-06-29 10:52 – Source website
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Summary
dbus vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled messages with invalid type signatures. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-42010)

It was discovered that DBus was incorrectly validating the length of arrays of fixed-length items. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-42011)

It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled the body DBus message with attached file descriptors. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-42012)

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  "details": "It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled messages with invalid type\nsignatures. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-42010)\n\nIt was discovered that DBus was incorrectly validating the length of arrays of\nfixed-length items. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nDBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-42011)\n\nIt was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled the body DBus message with\nattached file descriptors. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-42012)\n",
  "id": "USN-5704-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:58Z",
  "published": "2022-10-27T13:00:09Z",
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