Input validation error in dbus - CVE-2014-3532
Published: July 19, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32519
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-2014-3532
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when running on Linux 2.6.37-rc4 or later, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system-bus disconnect of other services or applications) by sending a message containing a file descriptor, then exceeding the maximum recursion depth before the initial message is forwarded.
Affected software
dbus
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
dbus (Alpine package)
mingw-dbus
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
dbus (Alpine package)
mingw-dbus
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3532
Install update from vendor's website.
dbus - update to 1.6.22
dbus (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.22-r0
mingw-dbus - addressed in versions 1.8.12-1.el7, 1.8.12-1.fc21
dbus (Alpine package) - update to 1.6.22-r0
mingw-dbus - addressed in versions 1.8.12-1.el7, 1.8.12-1.fc21
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60236
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80163