Debian Security Advisory DSA 3099-1 (dbus - security update)

Simon McVittie discovered that the fix for CVE-2014-3636 was incorrect, as it did not fully address the underlying denial-of-service vector. This update starts the D-Bus daemon as root initially, so that it can properly raise its file descriptor count. In addition, this update reverts the...

dbus: denial of service

The patch issued by the D-Bus maintainers for CVE-2014-3636 was based on incorrect reasoning and does not fully prevent the attack described in the impact section below. Preventing that attack requires raising the system dbus-daemon's RLIMITNOFILE ulimit -n to a higher value...

CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

Code injection

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 fo...

CVE-2014-7824

CVE-2014-7824 affects D-Bus: vulnerable versions are 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. The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636. Affec...

CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

CVE-2014-7824

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 fo...

CVE-2014-7824: Undefined Security Weakness

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 fo...

Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerabilitiy

The patch issued by the D-Bus maintainers for CVE-2014-3636 was based on incorrect reasoning, and does not fully prevent the attack described as "CVE-2014-3636 part A", which is repeated below. Preventing that attack requires raising the system dbus-daemon's RLIMITNOFILE ulimit -n to a higher...

PT-2014-1928

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions D-Bus versions 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26 D-Bus versions 1.8.x before 1.8.10 D-Bus versions 1.9.x before 1.9.2 Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors,...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3636

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...

CVE-2014-3636

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...

CVE-2014-3636

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...

Code injection

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...

CVE-2014-3636

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...

CVE-2014-3636

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...