CVE-2014-3637

dbus: denial of service by creating unkillable D-Bus connections

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 16, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

D-Bus 1.3.0 through 1.6.x before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly close connections for processes that have terminated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a D-bus message containing a D-Bus connection file descriptor.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption