Resource Management Errors Affecting dbus package, versions <1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-DBUS-385651
  • published25 Oct 2014
  • disclosed25 Oct 2014

Introduced: 25 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-3636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 dbus to version 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2 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 1.6.24 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1