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CVE-2014-3532

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

dbus 1.3.0 before 1.6.22 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when running on Linux 2.6.37-rc4 or later, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system-bus disconnect of other services or applications) by sending a message containing a file descriptor, then exceeding the maximum recursion depth before the initial message is forwarded.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• Freedesktop Dbus: from 1.3.0 before 1.6.22; from 1.8.0 before 1.8.6 — fixed in 1.6.22, 1.8.6
• Mageia: 3.0, 4.0
• Opensuse: 12.3
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Freedesktop Dbus 1.6.22, 1.8.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59611
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59798
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60236
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2971
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:176
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80163
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0294.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00049.html

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