CVE-2014-3636

Publication date 17 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dbus	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.6
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

commit in 1.6 seems to have wrong header only affects >= 1.3.0

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
dbus	Upstream: ?id=646 Upstream: ?h=dbus

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)