Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-3636
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3636
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 6 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2014-3636
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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1.9
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LOW | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
3.4
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2014-3636
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2014-3636
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
mandriva.com
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
oss-security - CVE-2014-3635 to 3639: security issues in D-Bus < 1.8.8
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http://secunia.com/advisories/61378
Sign in
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2352-1
USN-2352-1: DBus vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82820
82820 – CVE-2014-3636: using all available file descriptors in dbus-daemon: limit DEFAULT_MESSAGE_UNIX_FDSPatch;Vendor Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
openSUSE-SU-2014:1239-1: moderate: dbus-1: update to 1.6.24
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http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3026
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3026-1 dbus
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http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0395 - Updated dbus packages fix multiple security vulnerabilities
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030864
D-BUS Buffer Overflow and Multiple Processing Flaws Let Local Users Obtain Elevated Privileges and Deny Service - SecurityTracker
Products affected by CVE-2014-3636
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:d-bus_project:d-bus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*