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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2352-1

Posted Sep 22, 2014

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2352-1 - Simon McVittie discovered that DBus incorrectly handled the file descriptors message limit. A local attacker could use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Alban Crequy discovered that DBus incorrectly handled a large number of file descriptor messages. A local attacker could use this issue to cause DBus to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2014-3635, CVE-2014-3636, CVE-2014-3637, CVE-2014-3638, CVE-2014-3639

SHA-256 | 578a2d1dfc85b26a2a964420dece270158fce7e3eb1ee68afd5fab19c7aa3d29

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