Freedesktop.Org · D-Bus · CVE-2014-3638
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
D-Bus versions prior to 1.6.24
D-Bus versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.8
dbus-1 versions (affected versions not specified)
dbus-1-32bit versions (affected versions not specified)
dbus-1-x11 versions (affected versions not specified)
dbus-1-devel-doc versions (affected versions not specified)
dbus-1-devel versions (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of method calls, potentially leading to disruption of protected information. This can be exploited locally. The `bus connections check reply` function in `config-parser.c` is specifically vulnerable.
**Recommendations**
For D-Bus versions prior to 1.6.24, update to version 1.6.24 or later.
For D-Bus versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.8, update to version 1.8.8 or later.
For dbus-1, dbus-1-32bit, dbus-1-x11, dbus-1-devel-doc, and dbus-1-devel, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.