D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

BID:28023

Info

D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28023
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0595
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 27 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:12PM
Credit: Havoc Pennington discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10.SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 DEBUGINFO
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux Desktop 10
SuSE Linux 10.1 x86-64
SuSE Linux 10.1 x86
SuSE Linux 10.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 10.0 x86-64
SuSE Linux 10.0 x86
SuSE Linux 10.0 ppc
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Open-Xchange 4.1
S.u.S.E. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server RT Solution 10 0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.1
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 1
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Office Server
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop SDK 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2 X86 64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2 X86 64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
rPath rPath Linux 1
Redhat Fedora 7
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.1.4
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.2
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.1
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.23
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.22
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.21
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.20
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 0.13
Not Vulnerable: D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.1.20
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.3

Discussion

D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

D-Bus is prone to a vulnerability that can allow attackers to bypass its security policy.

Attackers can leverage this issue to access certain 'dbus-daemon' method calls without proper permission.

This issue affects versions prior to D-Bus 1.0.3 and 1.2.20.

Exploit / POC

D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue with readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.0.1

D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.1.4

References

D-Bus 'send_interface' Attribute Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability

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