{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3477","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:39:29.805995Z","published":"2014-07-01T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2275-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3477"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3477"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/509"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2275-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3477"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dbus","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dbus@1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1"}]}],"versions":["1.6.12-0ubuntu10","1.6.18-0ubuntu1","1.6.18-0ubuntu2","1.6.18-0ubuntu3","1.6.18-0ubuntu4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"dbus","binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1"},{"binary_name":"dbus-x11","binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1"},{"binary_name":"libdbus-1-3","binary_version":"1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3477.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}