D-Bus 1.6.22/1.8.0/1.8.2/1.8.4/1.8.6 File Descriptors resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in D-Bus 1.6.22/1.8.0/1.8.2/1.8.4/1.8.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component File Descriptors. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 10/25/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3636 since 05/14/2014. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83655 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dbus-1 (SUSE-SU-2014:1724-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124841 (Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.5.0 Missing).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96007), Tenable (83655), SecurityFocus (BID 69834†), Secunia (SA61378†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46978†).

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 83655
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dbus-1 (SUSE-SU-2014:1724-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 703026
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3026-1 (dbus - security update)
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04/03/2022 +2510 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2352-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-3636 (🔍)
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X-Force: 96007
SecurityFocus: 69834
Secunia: 61378 - Debian update for dbus, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030864
Vulnerability Center: 46978 - D-Bus Prior to 1.6.24 and 1.8.0 Through 1.8.7 Local DoS Vulnerabilities, Low

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Created: 03/27/2015 12:07 PM
Updated: 04/03/2022 07:48 AM
Changes: 03/27/2015 12:07 PM (68), 06/11/2017 05:24 AM (4), 04/03/2022 07:43 AM (4), 04/03/2022 07:48 AM (1)
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