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CVE-2014-3533

dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via a certain sequence of crafted messages that cause the dbus-daemon to forward a message containing an invalid file descriptor.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-3533 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from debian, from freedesktop, from mageia_project and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-07-19T19:55:08.013

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	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	1.5.0	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.5.2	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.5.4	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.5.6	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.5.8	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.5.10	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.5.12	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.6.0	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.6.2	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	1.6.20	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.8.0	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.8.2	Yes
Application	freedesktop	dbus	1.8.4	Yes
Operating System	mageia_project	mageia	3	Yes
Operating System	mageia_project	mageia	4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59611 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59798 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60236 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html ([email protected])
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79694 ([email protected])
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80469 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59611 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59798 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60236 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79694 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80469 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For debian's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.