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CVE-2014-3638

Published: Sep 22, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
2.1LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
d-busd-bus project
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
dbusfreedesktopOSS Libraries
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems
d-bus projectoss-projectOSS Librariesaka freedesktop
freedesktoposs-projectOSS Librariesaka freedesktop.org
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-12.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0395.html
advisories.mageia.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00026.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 22, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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