Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-7824 |
CWE-ID | CWE-399 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
dbus Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | Freedesktop.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32460
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.5 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7824
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsdbus: 1.6.0 - 1.9.0
CPE2.3http://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
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.