CVE-2014-7824

Summary

CVECVE-2014-7824
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-18 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-27 16:36:00 UTC
DescriptionD-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.0 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.10 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.12 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.14 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.16 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.18 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.2 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.20 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.22 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.24 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.4 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.6 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.8 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.0 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.2 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.4 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.6 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.8 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.9.0 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.0 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.10 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.12 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.14 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.16 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.18 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.2 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.20 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.22 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.24 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.4 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.6 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.6.8 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.0 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.2 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.4 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.6 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.8.8 All All All
Application D-bus Project D-bus 1.9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.10 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.12 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.14 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.16 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.18 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.20 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.22 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.24 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.4 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.8 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.4 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.8 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.9.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 3 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 3 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 85105 – CVE-2014-7824: increase file descriptor limit to avoid DoS (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636) CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3099-1 dbus DEBIAN www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA62603 - SUSE update for dbus-1 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
D-Bus CVE-2014-7824 Incomplete Fix Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:176 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0457 - Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerabilitiy CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - CVE-2014-7824: D-Bus denial of service via incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636 MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit
USN-2425-1: DBus vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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