CVE-2014-3637

Publication date 17 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly close connections for processes that have terminated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a D-bus message containing a D-Bus connection file descriptor.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dbus	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.6
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

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Notes

mdeslaur

only affects >= 1.3.0

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
dbus	Upstream: ?id=bbf Upstream: ?id=995 Upstream: ?id=802 Upstream: ?id=e0c Upstream: ?h=dbus Upstream: ?h=dbus Upstream: ?h=dbus Upstream: ?h=dbus

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2352-1
DBus vulnerabilities
22 September 2014

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3637