CVE-2014-3636
EPSS 0.10%
Description
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 more than the allowed number of file descriptors for a single sendmsg call.
How to fix CVE-2014-3636
To remediate CVE-2014-3636, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/dbus—upgrade to 1.8.8-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-3636 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.8.8-1