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Medium ALSA-2023:0096 3 CVEs

Moderate: dbus security update

Published Jan 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

D-Bus is a system for sending messages between applications. It is used both for the system-wide message bus service, and as a per-user-login-session messaging facility.

Security Fix(es):

* dbus: dbus-daemon crashes when receiving message with incorrectly nested parentheses and curly brackets (CVE-2022-42010)
* dbus: dbus-daemon can be crashed by messages with array length inconsistent with element type (CVE-2022-42011)
* dbus: `_dbus_marshal_byteswap` doesn't process fds in messages with "foreign" endianness correctly (CVE-2022-42012)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus-common 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus-daemon 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus-devel 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus-libs 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus-tools 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 dbus-x11 1:1.12.8-23.el8_7.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42010
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42011
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42012
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2133616
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2133617
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2133618
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0096.html