Improper Input Validation Affecting d-bus package, versions [,1.6.22)[1.8.0, 1.8.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DBUS-2371887
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Jul 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-3532  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade d-bus to version 1.6.22, 1.8.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation 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.

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