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CVE-2008-0595 Detail

Description

dbus-daemon in D-Bus before 1.0.3, and 1.1.x before 1.1.20, recognizes send_interface attributes in allow directives in the security policy only for fully qualified method calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a method call with a NULL interface.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released/ Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054 Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023 Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694 Broken Link 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282 Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353 Broken Link 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0595
NVD Published Date:
02/29/2008
NVD Last Modified:
01/31/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.