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CVE-2014-3638

Published: 17 September 2014

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
dbus
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.8)
precise
Released (1.4.18-1ubuntu1.6)
trusty
Released (1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2)
upstream
Released (1.6.24,1.8.8)
Patches:
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?id=5bc7f9519ebc6117ba300c704794b36b87c2194b
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.6&id=6060aaa0ea1e9bbe1dd7a1864c8df52e333a45ee