# CVE-2014-3477: The dbus-daemon in D-Bus 1.2.x through 1.4.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.20, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, sends an AccessDenied error to the service instea

- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-07-01 · Updated: 2025-01-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The dbus-daemon in D-Bus 1.2.x through 1.4.x, 1.6.x before 1.6.20, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, sends an AccessDenied error to the service instead of a client when the client is prohibited from accessing the service, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (initialization failure and exit) or possibly conduct a side-channel attack via a D-Bus message to an inactive service.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/59798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59611
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67986
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00012.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/509
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00042.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0266.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59428
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78979
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.8&id=24c590703ca47eb71ddef453de43126b90954567
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176

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