D-Bus 'send_requested_reply' and 'receive_requested_reply' Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:32674

Info

D-Bus 'send_requested_reply' and 'receive_requested_reply' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32674
Class: Configuration Error
CVE: CVE-2008-4311
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 05 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:03PM
Credit: Joachim Breitner
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
SuSE openSUSE 10.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
Pardus Linux 2008 0
D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.2.1
Not Vulnerable: D-BUS Inter-Process Communication System 1.2.6

Discussion

D-Bus 'send_requested_reply' and 'receive_requested_reply' Security Bypass Vulnerability

D-Bus is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because of an issue with the default configuration.

Attackers may be able to bypass certain security restrictions, which may allow attackers to send and receive messages that were supposed to be blocked.

This issue has been addressed in D-Bus 1.2.6.

Exploit / POC

D-Bus 'send_requested_reply' and 'receive_requested_reply' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

D-Bus 'send_requested_reply' and 'receive_requested_reply' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0

References

D-Bus 'send_requested_reply' and 'receive_requested_reply' Security Bypass Vulnerability

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