UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638

The busconnectionscheck_reply function in config-parser.c in D-Bus before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of method calls.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / dbus

Package

Name: dbus
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dbus@1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.12-0ubuntu10

1.6.18-0ubuntu1

1.6.18-0ubuntu2

1.6.18-0ubuntu3

1.6.18-0ubuntu4

1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2",
            "binary_name": "dbus"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2",
            "binary_name": "dbus-x11"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2",
            "binary_name": "libdbus-1-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638.json"