Vulnerability in D-Bus Project
CVE-2014-3636
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.
EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- D-bus_project D-bus
- Freedesktop Dbus — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.2, 1.8.4
- Opensuse — versions 12.3
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-3636?
- CVE-2014-3636 is a vulnerability in D-Bus Project, classified under CWE-399. Published 2014-10-25.
- Is CVE-2014-3636 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.