CVE-2014-7824

Public Exploit

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.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.10%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/10/2 mailing list exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/62603 third party advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0457.html
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105 exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71012 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2425-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3099 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-7824?
CVE-2014-7824 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-7824?
To fix CVE-2014-7824, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-7824 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-7824 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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