CVE-2014-3638 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service via CPU exhaustion by sending numerous method calls to the D-Bus IPC library.
- 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-2014-3638?
CVE-2014-3638 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
The bus_connections_check_reply function in config-parser.c in D-Bus before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of method calls.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3638?
It affects 3 products.
Products include D-Bus Project D-Bus, Freedesktop Dbus, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3638?
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-2014-3638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3638 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3638, GHSA-c2g7-vg4j-w539, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638.