CVE-2015-0245

Summary

CVECVE-2015-0245
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-13 15:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionD-Bus 1.4.x through 1.6.x before 1.6.30, 1.8.x before 1.8.16, and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not validate the source of ActivationFailure signals, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (activation failure error returned) by leveraging a race condition involving sending an ActivationFailure signal before systemd responds.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.1 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.10 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.12 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.14 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.16 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.18 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.20 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.24 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.26 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.4 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.4.8 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.10 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.12 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.4 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.5.8 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 1.6.26 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.28 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 1.8.10 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.12 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.8.14 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
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.9.2 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.9.4 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.9.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus 1.9.8 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:176 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0071 - Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0300-1: moderate: Security update for dbus-1, dbus-1-x1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3161-1 dbus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE-2015-0245: denial of service in dbus >= 1.4 systemd activation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710340 Gentoo Linux D-Bus Format string Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-20)
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