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[SECURITY] [DLA 87-1] dbus security update



Package        : dbus
Version        : 1.2.24-4+squeeze3
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-3477 CVE-2014-3638 CVE-2014-3639

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.

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Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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