# CVE-2014-7824: D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26, 1.8.x before 1.8.10, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (preven

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-18 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.26, 1.8.x before 1.8.10, and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of new connections and connection drop) by queuing the maximum number of file descriptors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3636.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/10/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62603
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0457.html
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85105
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98576
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71012
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2425-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3099
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176

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