Resource management error in dbus - CVE-2014-3636
Published: October 25, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32483
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3636
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
dbus
dbus
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors or (2) cause a denial of service (disconnect) via multiple messages that combine to have more than the allowed number of file descriptors for a single sendmsg call.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3636
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61378
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820