UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3636

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3636

    Published: 17 Sept 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3636
    Aliases:
    USN-2352-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3636, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2352-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3636

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dbus

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2

    Affected versions

    1.6.12-0ubuntu10
    1.6.18-0ubuntu1
    1.6.18-0ubuntu2
    1.6.18-0ubuntu3
    1.6.18-0ubuntu4
    1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High