vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-12049: Security patch for dbus (ALAS-2022-1870)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 8, 2020
Added
Nov 10, 2022
Modified
Nov 10, 2022

Description

An issue was discovered in dbus >= 1.3.0 before 1.12.18. The DBusServer in libdbus, as used in dbus-daemon, leaks file descriptors when a message exceeds the per-message file descriptor limit. A local attacker with access to the D-Bus system bus or another system service's private AF_UNIX socket could use this to make the system service reach its file descriptor limit, denying service to subsequent D-Bus clients.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbusamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbus-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbus-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbus-docamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbus-libsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbus-testsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dbus-x11
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