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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-2200 Detail

Description

The _dbus_header_byteswap function in dbus-marshal-header.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28, 1.4.x before 1.4.12, and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 does not properly handle a non-native byte order, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (connection loss), obtain potentially sensitive information, or conduct unspecified state-modification attacks via crafted messages.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629938 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.2&id=6519a1f77c61d753d4c97efd6e15630eb275336e CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.4&id=c3223ba6c401ba81df1305851312a47c485e6cd7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS?h=dbus-1.2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/tree/NEWS?h=dbus-1.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2007-March/007357.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2011-May/014408.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/12/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/12 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/44896 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1132.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38120 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712676 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67974 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2200
NVD Published Date:
06/22/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.