The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2352-1 advisory.

    Simon McVittie discovered that DBus incorrectly handled the file descriptors message limit. A local     attacker could use this issue to cause DBus to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly     execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3635)

    Alban Crequy 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. This     issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3636)

    Alban Crequy discovered that DBus incorrectly handled certain file descriptor messages. A local attacker     could use this issue to cause DBus to maintain persistent connections, possibly resulting in a denial of     service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3637)

    Alban Crequy discovered that DBus incorrectly handled a large number of parallel connections and parallel     message calls. A local attacker could use this issue to cause DBus to consume resources, possibly     resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3638)

    Alban Crequy discovered that DBus incorrectly handled incomplete connections. A local attacker could use     this issue to cause DBus to fail legitimate connection attempts, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2014-3639)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : DBus vulnerabilities (USN-2352-1)

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