Resource Management Errors Affecting dbus package, versions <1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-DBUS-385568
  • published18 Nov 2014
  • disclosed18 Nov 2014

Introduced: 18 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-7824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 dbus to version 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dbus package and not the dbus package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1