Resource management error in dbus - CVE-2014-7824
Published: November 18, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32460
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7824
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26, 1.8.x before 1.8.10, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636.1.
Affected software
dbus
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
dbus (Alpine package)
mingw-dbus
dbus
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
dbus (Alpine package)
mingw-dbus
dbus
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7824
Install update from vendor's website.
dbus - addressed in versions 1.6.26, 1.8.10, 1.9.2
dbus (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.28-r0
mingw-dbus - addressed in versions 1.8.12-1.el7, 1.8.12-1.fc21
dbus - update to 1.8.12-1.fc21
dbus (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.28-r0
mingw-dbus - addressed in versions 1.8.12-1.el7, 1.8.12-1.fc21
dbus - update to 1.8.12-1.fc21
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62603
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3099
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/10/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71012
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2425-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576