CVE-2014-3636

D-Bus 1.3.0-1.6.x < 1.6.24 and 1.8.x < 1.8.8 - Denial of Service via File Descriptor Queue Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/61378
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176

Scores

EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 41.1%

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (6)
d-bus_project/d-bus < 1.6.22
freedesktop/dbus 1.8.0
freedesktop/dbus 1.8.2
freedesktop/dbus 1.8.4
freedesktop/dbus 1.8.6
opensuse/opensuse 12.3
Published Oct 25, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026