>> D-Bus "match_rule_equal()" Match Rules Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : D-Bus "match_rule_equal()" Match Rules Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4988 CVE ID : CVE-2006-6107
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-12-13
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in D-Bus, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the "match_rule_equal()" [signals.c] function, which could be exploited by malicious users to disable the the ability of a specific process to receive certain messages, creating a denial of service.
