Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2235-1 dbus -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
05 Jun 2020
Affected Packages:
dbus
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-12049.
More information:

It was discovered that there was a file descriptor leak in the D-Bus message bus.

An unprivileged local attacker could use this to attack the system DBus daemon, leading to denial of service for all users of the machine.

  • CVE-2020-12049

    File descriptor leak in _dbus_read_socket_with_unix_fds

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.22-0+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your dbus packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS