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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-34969 EUVD-2023-39008GHSA-q652-p9gf-vfq3

D-Bus before 1.15.6 sometimes allows unprivileged users to crash dbus-daemon. If a privileged user with control over the dbus-daemon is usi…

Published Jun 8, 2023 · Updated Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

D-Bus before 1.15.6 sometimes allows unprivileged users to crash dbus-daemon. If a privileged user with control over the dbus-daemon is using the org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring interface to monitor message bus traffic, then an unprivileged user with the ability to connect to the same dbus-daemon can cause a dbus-daemon crash under some circumstances via an unreplyable message. When done on the well-known system bus, this is a denial-of-service vulnerability. The fixed versions are 1.12.28, 1.14.8, and 1.15.6.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 dbus 1.14.8-1 —
Debian 13 dbus 1.14.8-1 —
Debian 12 dbus 1.14.8-1~deb12u1 —
Debian 10 dbus 1.12.28-0+deb10u1 DLA-3628-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dbus No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS dbus No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dbus No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS dbus 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 USN-6372-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 dbus +6 1:1.12.20-7.el9_2.1 RHSA-2023:4569
RHEL 8 dbus +6 1:1.12.8-24.el8_8.1 RHSA-2023:4498
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.6 EUS dbus +6 1:1.12.8-18.el8_6.3 RHSA-2023:5193

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 dbus +6 1:1.12.20-7.el9_2.1 ALSA-2023:4569
AlmaLinux 8 dbus +6 1:1.12.8-24.el8_8.1 ALSA-2023:4498

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 dbus 1:1.12.20-7.el9_2.1 RLSA-2023:4569
Rocky Linux 8 dbus 1:1.12.8-24.el8_8.1 RLSA-2023:4498
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1
SLES 15 SP4 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1
SLES 12 SP5 dbus-1 +1 1.8.22-44.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2876-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 dbus-1 +1 1.8.22-44.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2876-1
SLE Real Time 15 SP3 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150100.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2879-1
SLE Micro 5.4 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1
SLE Micro 5.3 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1
SLE Micro 5.2 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150100.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2879-1
SLE Micro 5.1 dbus-1 1.12.2-150100.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2879-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150100.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2879-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150100.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2879-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed dbus-1 1.14.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12996-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 dbus-1 +1 1.12.2-150400.18.8.1 SUSE-SU-2023:2877-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 dbus +8 1:1.12.28-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-213
Amazon Linux 2 dbus +5 1:1.10.24-7.amzn2.0.4 ALAS2-2024-2428

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) dbus 1.15.6-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 dbus +6 1:1.12.20-7.0.1.el9_2.1 ELSA-2023-4569
Oracle Linux 8 dbus +6 1:1.12.8-24.0.1.el8_8.1 ELSA-2023-4498

Advisories 25

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