CVE-2014-3635
dbus - security update
EPSS 0.17%
Description
Off-by-one error in D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8, when running on a 64-bit system and the max_message_unix_fds limit is set to an odd number, allows local users to cause a denial of service (dbus-daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending one more file descriptor than the limit, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an assertion failure.
How to fix CVE-2014-3635
To remediate CVE-2014-3635, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/dbus—upgrade to 1.8.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.8-1+deb7u4 or later
Is CVE-2014-3635 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.8.8-1
- from 0, < 1.6.8-1+deb7u4