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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-12049: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-12049: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/08/2020
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-dbus

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