UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638

    Published: 17 Sept 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3638
    Aliases:
    USN-2352-1

    Summary:

    Details: The bus_connections_check_reply function in config-parser.c in D-Bus before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of method calls.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3638, 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-2014-3638

    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