CVE-2014-3532

dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when running on Linux 2.6.37-rc4 or later, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system-bus disconnect of other services or applications) by sending a message containing a file descriptor, then exceeding the maximum recursion depth before the initial message is forwarded.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-2275-1
• DBus vulnerabilities
• 8 July 2014

Other references

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3532