Severity

low

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled certain invalid messages. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6372-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: dbus-1-doc - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 dbus - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 libdbus-1-dev - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 dbus-user-session - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 dbus-x11 - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 dbus-tests - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 libdbus-1-3 - 1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-34969

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.13.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
• Operations Manager
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.62
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687
  • 2.13.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.687

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.13.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
• Operations Manager
  • 2.10.62
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater
  • 2.13.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.687 or greater

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-34969
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6372-1

History

2023-10-18: Initial vulnerability report published.