CVE-2013-0292

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0292
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-05 21:38:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe dbus_g_proxy_manager_filter function in dbus-gproxy in Dbus-glib before 0.100.1 does not properly verify the sender of NameOwnerChanged signals, which allows local users to gain privileges via a spoofed signal.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.72 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.73 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.74 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.76 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.78 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.80 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.82 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.84 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.86 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.88 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.90 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.92 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.94 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.96 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.98 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib All All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.72 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.73 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.74 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.76 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.78 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.80 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.82 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.84 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.86 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.88 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.90 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.92 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.94 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.96 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.98 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1753-1: DBus-GLib vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA52375 - Red Hat update for dbus-glib - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA52404 - Ubuntu update for dbus-glib - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
911658 – (CVE-2013-0292) CVE-2013-0292 dbus-glib: Local privilege escalation due improper filtering of message sender when NameOwnerChanged signal received MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
dbus/dbus-glib - Glib bindings for D-Bus lightweight IPC mechanism (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:071 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
dbus-glib pam_fprintd - Local Root Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
dbus-glib CVE-2013-0292 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE-2013-0292: authentication bypass due to insufficient checks in dbus-glib < 0.100.1 MLIST www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA52225 - dbus-glib D-Bus GLib Bindings &quot;NameOwnerChanged&quot; Signal Handling Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
Bug 60916 – CVE-2013-0292: authentication bypass due to insufficient checks in dbus-glib < 0.100.1 CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org
90302 OSVDB osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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