MGASA-2014-0266

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    MGASA-2014-0266

    Published: 18 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3477

    Summary: Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated dbus packages fix security vulnerability: A denial of service vulnerability in D-Bus before 1.6.20 allows a local attacker to cause a bus-activated service that is not currently running to attempt to start, and fail, denying other users access to this service Additionally, in highly unusual environments the same flaw could lead to a side channel between processes that should not be able to communicate (CVE-2014-3477).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0266.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13513, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2014-June/016220.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dbus

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dbus?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.8-4.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High