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dbus CVE-2020-12049

High
etungsten published GHSA-v99w-84vx-mgw6 Aug 17, 2020

Package

dbus-broker (bottlerocket)

Affected versions

< 0.5.0

Patched versions

0.5.0

Description

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was discovered in D-Bus. The DBusServer leaks file descriptors when a message exceeds the per-message file descriptor limit. This flaw allows a local attacker with access to the D-Bus system bus or another system service's private AF_UNIX socket, to make the system service reach its file descriptor limit, denying service to subsequent D-Bus clients. As a result, the system may become unusable for other users, and some services may stop working. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12049
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/3

Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2020-12049

Weaknesses

No CWEs