CVE-2014-3636

dbus: denial of service by queuing or splitting file descriptors

Published Oct 25, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 1.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3026-1 dbus security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3099-1 dbus security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2352-1 DBus vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 17, 2024, 6:03 PM
Reserved
May 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 25, 2014, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Sep 16, 2014, 12:00 AM