CVE-2006-6107

Unspecified vulnerability in the match_rule_equal function in bus/signals.c in D-Bus before 1.0.2 allows local applications to remove match rules for other applications and cause a denial of service (lost process messages).

Published: 2006-12-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6107 is rated Low Risk (16.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6107

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.36% +0.28%
2 2025-03-17 2.61% 0.09% -2.52%
3 2024-12-17 2.61%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6107

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.1 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6107

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6107

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6107: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6107
debian low CVE-2006-6107 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6107
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6107
suse low CVE-2006-6107 severity low: SUSE including 41 source package names (dbus-1-1.12.20-5.5, dbus-1-1.14.10-1.11, …), 41 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (9 product lines)): Fixed 41. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6107/
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6107 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dbus), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6107

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-6107

Solution: This vulnrability is addressed in the following product release: D-BUS, D-BUS, 1.0.2

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-6107

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6107

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
d-bus d-bus 0.13 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-bus d-bus 0.20 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-bus d-bus 0.21 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-bus d-bus 0.22 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-bus d-bus 0.23 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-bus d-bus 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
d-bus d-bus 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:d-bus:d-bus:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6107

URL Tags
http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/security-announce/2006-12/msg00025.php
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-February/000147.html
http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.041
http://secunia.com/advisories/23373
http://secunia.com/advisories/23390
http://secunia.com/advisories/23611
http://secunia.com/advisories/24059
http://secunia.com/advisories/24131
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21571 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017608
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-401-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4988
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9142 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30874
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-860
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9951
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