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CVE-2014-3638

dbus: denial of service in method call handling

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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

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.

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-407 · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity