CVE-2014-3636
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.8.8-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.8.8-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.8.8-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.8.8-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.8.8-1 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61378
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3636
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.