CVE-2008-0595

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.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29281 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694 vdb entry broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/29160 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29148 third party advisory broken link
http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released/ third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29173 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29171 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353 vdb entry signature broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281 third party advisory broken link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 third party advisory broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30869 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023 vdb entry third party advisory patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0595?
CVE-2008-0595 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0595?
To fix CVE-2008-0595, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0595 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-0595 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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