CVE-2014-3637 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 22 Sep 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in D-Bus by sending messages with terminated process file descriptors, affecting system stability.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-3637?

CVE-2014-3637 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 22 Sep 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly close connections for processes that have terminated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a D-bus message containing a D-Bus connection file descriptor.

Weakness: CWE-17

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3637?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Freedesktop Dbus, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3637?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-3637 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3637 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3637, GHSA-6w2x-qjcv-5r7v, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3637.