Executive Summary

Summary
Title DBus vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-2275-1 First vendor Publication 2014-07-08
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2014-07-08
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in DBus.

Software Description: - dbus: simple interprocess messaging system

Details:

Alban Crequy discovered that dbus-daemon incorrectly sent AccessDenied errors to the service instead of the client when enforcing permissions. A local user can use this issue to possibly deny access to the service. (CVE-2014-3477)

Alban Crequy discovered that dbus-daemon incorrectly handled certain file descriptors. A local attacker could use this issue to cause services or clients to disconnect, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3532, CVE-2014-3533)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
dbus 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1
libdbus-1-3 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
dbus 1.6.12-0ubuntu10.1
libdbus-1-3 1.6.12-0ubuntu10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
dbus 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.5
libdbus-1-3 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.5

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2275-1
CVE-2014-3477, CVE-2014-3532, CVE-2014-3533

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/1.6.12-0ubuntu10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/1.4.18-1ubuntu1.5

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2275-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25113
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25113
Title: USN-2275-1 -- dbus vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in DBus.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2275-1
CVE-2014-3477
CVE-2014-3532
CVE-2014-3533
Version: 3
Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): dbus
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25280
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25280
Title: DSA-2971-1 -- dbus - security update
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in dbus, an asynchronous inter-process communication system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2971-1
CVE-2014-3477
CVE-2014-3532
CVE-2014-3533
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
Product(s): dbus
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26295
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26295
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:0846-1 -- Security update for dbus-1
Description: dbus-1 was patched to prevent a possible denial of service issue in dbus-daemon.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:0846-1
CVE-2014-3477
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Product(s): dbus-1
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 111
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1037.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-31 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-176.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-87.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17595.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17570.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-557.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-558.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-01 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-148.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-466.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-465.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-2275-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-08 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-8059.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-04 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_e6a7636a02d011e488b6080027671656.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2971.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-26 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_dbus-1-140605.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-23 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-434.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-16 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_52bbc7e8f13c11e3bc09bcaec565249c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-07-20 00:25:53
  • Multiple Updates
2014-07-10 13:25:11
  • Multiple Updates
2014-07-08 21:24:09
  • First insertion