FKIE_CVE-2020-12049
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-06-08 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:51
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | dbus | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 19.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 20.04 |
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