CVE-2014-7824
dbus - security update
EPSS 0.09%
Description
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 for CVE-2014-3636.1.
How to fix CVE-2014-7824
To remediate CVE-2014-7824, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/dbus—upgrade to 1.8.10-1 or later
- Debian/dbus—upgrade to 1.6.8-1+deb7u5 or later
Is CVE-2014-7824 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.8.10-1
- from 0, < 1.6.8-1+deb7u5