USN-2425-1: DBus vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• dbus - simple interprocess messaging system

Details

It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled a large number of file
descriptor messages. A local attacker could use this issue to cause DBus to
stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-7824)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10

• dbus - 1.8.8-1ubuntu2.1
• libdbus-1-3 - 1.8.8-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• dbus - 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3
• libdbus-1-3 - 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 12.04

• dbus - 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.7
• libdbus-1-3 - 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.7

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2014-7824