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title: "CVE-2014-3533\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3533

Publication date 2 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3533?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dbus | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.6.18-0ubuntu4.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1.6.12-0ubuntu10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.5 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3533?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

1.3.0 and newer only

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| dbus | * Upstream:   [?h=dbus](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.8&id=07f4c12efe3b9bd45d109bc5fbaf6d9dbf69d78e) * Upstream:   [?h=dbus](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/commit/?h=dbus-1.6&id=b9c338e32390f953d4c9772daef31187a117b376) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3533)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3533)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3533)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3533)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2275-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2275-1)
+ DBus vulnerabilities
+ 8 July 2014

### Other references

* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/4>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3533>