SB2014111802 - Resource management error in Freedesktop dbus
Published: November 18, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014111802
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7824)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0457.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62603
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3099
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/10/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71012
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2425-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576