USN-5244-1

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    USN-5244-1

    Published: 20 Jan 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: dbus vulnerability

    Details: Daniel Onaca discovered that DBus contained a use-after-free vulnerability, caused by the incorrect handling of usernames sharing the same UID. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5244-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dbus

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dbus?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.10.0-1ubuntu1
    1.10.4-1ubuntu2
    1.10.6-1ubuntu1
    1.10.6-1ubuntu2
    1.10.6-1ubuntu3
    1.10.6-1ubuntu3.1
    1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3
    1.10.6-1ubuntu3.4
    1.10.6-1ubuntu3.5
    1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-5244-1 | CVE-DB