Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dbus
announced via advisory DSA 1837-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201837-1
Insight
It was discovered that the dbus_signature_validate function in dbus, a simple interprocess messaging system, is prone to a denial of service attack. This issue was caused by an incorrect fix for DSA-1658-1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-5+lenny1.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1+etch3.
Packages for ia64 and s390 will be released once they are available.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.14-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your dbus packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1189 -
CVSS Base Score: 3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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