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.
2014-07-01T17:55:04.277
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 4.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
3.9
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | d-bus_project | d-bus | 1.2.4.2 | Yes |
| Application | d-bus_project | d-bus | 1.2.4.4 | Yes |
| Application | d-bus_project | d-bus | 1.2.4.6 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.4 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.6 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.8 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.10 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.12 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.14 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.16 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.18 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.20 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.22 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.24 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.26 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.28 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.2.30 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.3.0 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.3.1 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.0 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.4 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.6 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.8 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.10 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.12 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.14 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.16 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.18 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.20 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.22 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.24 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.4.26 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.0 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.2 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.4 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.6 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.8 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.10 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.12 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.14 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.16 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.6.18 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.8.0 | Yes |
| Application | freedesktop | dbus | 1.8.2 | Yes |