D-Bus up to 1.9.0 File Descriptors resource management

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in D-Bus. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component File Descriptors. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-7824. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in D-Bus and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function 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. The summary by CVE is:

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26, 1.8.x before 1.8.10, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636.1.

The weakness was published 11/18/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.freedesktop.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-7824 since 10/03/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79350 (openSUSE Security Update : dbus-1 (openSUSE-SU-2014:1454-1)), 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 (98576), Tenable (79350), SecurityFocus (BID 71012†), Secunia (SA62603†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47177†). Similar entries are available at VDB-70401, VDB-70400, VDB-71440 and VDB-71439. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 79350
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : dbus-1 (openSUSE-SU-2014:1454-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 703099
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3099-1 (dbus - security update)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/03/2014 🔍
11/10/2014 +38 days 🔍
11/10/2014 +0 days 🔍
11/18/2014 +8 days 🔍
11/18/2014 +0 days 🔍
11/19/2014 +1 days 🔍
11/20/2014 +1 days 🔍
11/21/2014 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +126 days 🔍
04/04/2022 +2565 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2425-1
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-7824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-7824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72905

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 98576
SecurityFocus: 71012 - D-Bus CVE-2014-7824 Incomplete Fix Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 62603 - SUSE update for dbus-1, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 47177 - D-Bus Local DoS via Queuing Maxiumun Number of File Descriptors, Low

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/04/2022 09:09
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (64), 06/12/2017 08:32 (11), 04/04/2022 09:05 (3), 04/04/2022 09:09 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:177:103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!