CVE-2008-0595

dbus security policy circumvention

Published Feb 29, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1599-1 New dbus packages fix privilege escalation
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-653-1 D-Bus vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:54 AM
Reserved
Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 29, 2008, 7:44 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:49 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 27, 2008, 12:00 AM