SUSE-SU-2016:2565-1
Security update for dbus-1
No scoreFix available
This update for dbus-1 to version 1.8.22 fixes one security issue and bugs.
The following security issue was fixed:
- bsc#1003898: Do not treat ActivationFailure message received from root-owned systemd name as a format string.
The following upstream changes are included:
- Change the default configuration for the session bus to only allow EXTERNAL authentication (secure kernel-mediated credentials-passing), as was already done for the system bus.
- Fix a memory leak when GetConnectionCredentials() succeeds (fdo#91008)
- Ensure that dbus-monitor does not reply to messages intended for others (fdo#90952)
- Add locking to DBusCounter's reference count and notify function (fdo#89297)
- Ensure that DBusTransport's reference count is protected by the corresponding DBusConnection's lock (fdo#90312)
- Correctly release DBusServer mutex before early-return if we run out of memory while copying authentication mechanisms (fdo#90021)
- Correctly initialize all fields of DBusTypeReader (fdo#90021)
- Fix some missing \n in verbose (debug log) messages (fdo#90004)
- Clean up some memory leaks in test code (fdo#90021)
What each source reports
OSVNo score
Security update for dbus-1
This update for dbus-1 to version 1.8.22 fixes one security issue and bugs.
The following security issue was fixed:
- bsc#1003898: Do not treat ActivationFailure message received from root-owned systemd name as a format string.
The following upstream changes are included:
- Change the default configuration for the session bus to only allow EXTERNAL authentication (secure kernel-mediated credentials-passing), as was already done for the system bus.
- Fix a memory leak when GetConnectionCredentials() succeeds (fdo#91008)
- Ensure that dbus-monitor does not reply to messages intended for others (fdo#90952)
- Add locking to DBusCounter's reference count and notify function (fdo#89297)
- Ensure that DBusTransport's reference count is protected by the corresponding DBusConnection's lock (fdo#90312)
- Correctly release DBusServer mutex before early-return if we run out of memory while copying authentication mechanisms (fdo#90021)
- Correctly initialize all fields of DBusTypeReader (fdo#90021)
- Fix some missing \n in verbose (debug log) messages (fdo#90004)
- Clean up some memory leaks in test code (fdo#90021)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2565-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dbus-1SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1-x11SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1-x11SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1-x11SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
dbus-1-x11SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | before 1.8.22-22.2 | 1.8.22-22.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
SUSE-SU-2016:2565-1 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in dbus-1, published October 19, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in dbus-1 1.8.22-22.2.