{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638","details":"The bus_connections_check_reply function in config-parser.c in D-Bus before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of method calls.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:41:35.173954Z","published":"2014-09-17T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2352-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3638"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3638"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2352-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3638"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dbus","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dbus@1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2"}]}],"versions":["1.6.12-0ubuntu10","1.6.18-0ubuntu1","1.6.18-0ubuntu2","1.6.18-0ubuntu3","1.6.18-0ubuntu4","1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"dbus","binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2"},{"binary_name":"dbus-x11","binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2"},{"binary_name":"libdbus-1-3","binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3638.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}