# CVE-2013-2168: Denial of service in n/a

> Local attackers can crash the D-Bus service by sending a crafted message, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Low 1.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2168, DSA-2707-1, GHSA-c26p-366m-4xv6, MGASA-2013-0173

## What is CVE-2013-2168?

CVE-2013-2168 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 3 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The _dbus_printf_string_upper_bound function in dbus/dbus-sysdeps-unix.c in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.4.x before 1.4.26, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a crafted message.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2168?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Freedesktop Dbus, Opensuse Opensuse.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2168?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-2168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

- [CVE-2020-35512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35512/): Use after free in D-Bus Development branch (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2008-4311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4311/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 4.6)
- [CVE-2009-1189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1189/): Other in n/a (low 3.6)
- [CVE-2011-2533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2533/): Path traversal in n/a (low 3.3)
- [CVE-2014-3637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3637/): Denial of service in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2168 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2168 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 3 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2168/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2168
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2168
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2168

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2168/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.