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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-3638: D-Bus: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-3638: D-Bus: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/22/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-dbus

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