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GLSA-202007-46 : D-Bus: Denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138969

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-46 (D-Bus: Denial of service)

 D-Bus does not correctly dispose of old connections meaning that it is possible for D-Bus to hit a connection limit.
 Impact :

 An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All D-Bus users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/dbus-1.12.18'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-46

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138969

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202007-46.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dbus, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12049

GLSA: 202007-46