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Debian DLA-87-1 : dbus security update
low Nessus Plugin ID 82232
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
This updates fixes multiple (local) denial of services discovered by Alban Crequy and Simon McVittie.CVE-2014-3477
Fix a denial of service (failure to obtain bus name) in newly-activated system services that not all users are allowed to access.
CVE-2014-3638
Reduce maximum number of pending replies per connection to avoid algorithmic complexity denial of service.
CVE-2014-3639
The daemon now limits the number of unauthenticated connection slots so that malicious processes cannot prevent new connections to the system bus.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/11/msg00006.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 82232
File Name: debian_DLA-87.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-1-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-1-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-x11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2014