An issue was discovered in dbus >= 1.3.0 before 1.12.18. The DBusServer in libdbus, as used in dbus-daemon, leaks file descriptors when a message exceeds the per-message file descriptor limit. A local attacker with access to the D-Bus system bus or another system service's private AF_UNIX socket could use this to make the system service reach its file descriptor limit, denying service to subsequent D-Bus clients.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/04/3
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/issues/294
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/tags/dbus-1.10.30
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/tags/dbus-1.12.18
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/tags/dbus-1.13.16
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-46
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-057-DBus-DoS-file-descriptor-leak
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-06-08
Updated: 2021-03-04
Type: CWE-404
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM