CVE-2015-0245 Race condition in n/a

Low 1.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in D-Bus by exploiting a race condition in ActivationFailure signal validation.

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-2015-0245?

CVE-2015-0245 is a low-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 13 Feb 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

D-Bus 1.4.x through 1.6.x before 1.6.30, 1.8.x before 1.8.16, and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not validate the source of ActivationFailure signals, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (activation failure error returned) by leveraging a race condition involving sending an ActivationFailure signal before systemd responds.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0245?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (8)
dbus-1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1-x11 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1-x11 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1-x11 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12All versions1.8.16-14.1
dbus-1-x11 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12All versions1.8.16-14.1

Products include Freedesktop Dbus, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0245?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-0245 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0245, DSA-3161-1, GHSA-8jc2-f36v-gc57, MGASA-2015-0071, SUSE-SU-2015:0457-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0245 and 1 more.

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