Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-0245 |
CWE-ID | CWE-362 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Gentoo |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32439
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0245
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
D-Bus 1.4.x through 1.6.x before 1.6.30, 1.8.x before 1.8.16, and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not validate the source of ActivationFailure signals, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (activation failure error returned) by leveraging a race condition involving sending an ActivationFailure signal before systemd responds.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
sys-apps/dbus to version: 1.10.12
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://security.gentoo.org/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-20
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.