Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : DBus vulnerabilities (USN-2275-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76425

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Alban Crequy discovered that dbus-daemon incorrectly sent AccessDenied errors to the service instead of the client when enforcing permissions. A local user can use this issue to possibly deny access to the service. (CVE-2014-3477)

Alban Crequy discovered that dbus-daemon incorrectly handled certain file descriptors. A local attacker could use this issue to cause services or clients to disconnect, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-3532, CVE-2014-3533).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2275-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76425

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2275-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3533

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3477

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3477, CVE-2014-3532, CVE-2014-3533

BID: 67986, 68337, 68339

USN: 2275-1