CVE-2008-0595

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0595
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-29 19:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptiondbus-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-863 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 7 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus All All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.0_x86_64 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All client_workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
rPath update for dbus - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
D-Bus Policy Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Restricted Method Calls - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2012:1418-1: moderate: update for dbus-1, dbus-1-x11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for dbus - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for dbus - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: dbus-1.0.2-7.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1599-1 dbus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: dbus-1.1.2-9.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
J5’s Blog » [ANNOUNCE] D-Bus 1.1.20 “Coniston Water” Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.j5live.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian update for dbus - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-653-1: D-Bus vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for dbus - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Mandriva update for dbus - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
[ANNOUNCE] CVE-2008-0595 D-Bus Security Releases - D-Bus 1.0.3 and D-Bus 1.1.20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
D-Bus "send_interface" Security Policy Bypass - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
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