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SUSE-SU-2016:2565-1

Security update for dbus-1

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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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
dbus-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1-x11
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1-x11
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1-x11
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2
dbus-1-x11
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 1.8.22-22.2
1.8.22-22.2

History

History
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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.

References

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