Off-by-one error in D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8, when running on a 64-bit system and the max_message_unix_fds limit is set to an odd number, allows local users to cause a denial of service (dbus-daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending one more file descriptor than the limit, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an assertion failure.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade dbus | Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dbus | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade dbus | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-apps/dbus. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade dbus-develUpgrade dbus-libsUpgrade dbusUpgrade dbus-x11 | Nov 30, 2017 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/python/python-dbus-27 to version 1.2.0-0.175.3.6.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade system/library/libdbus to version 1.8.20-0.175.3.6.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade system/library/dbus/dbus-x11 to version 1.8.20-0.175.3.6.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade system/library/dbus to version 1.8.20-0.175.3.6.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade system/library/libdbus-glib to version 0.102-0.175.3.6.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 16, 2014 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libdbus-1-3Upgrade dbus-1-devel-docUpgrade libdbus-1-3-32bitUpgrade dbus-1-x11Upgrade dbus-1-develUpgrade dbus-1 | Dec 18, 2015 | Sep 22, 2014 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade dbusUpgrade libdbus-1-3 | Nov 8, 2024 | Sep 22, 2014 |
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