CVE - CVE-2008-4311

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4311	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The default configuration of system.conf in D-Bus (aka DBus) before 1.2.6 omits the send_type attribute in certain rules, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by (1) sending messages, related to send_requested_reply; and possibly (2) receiving messages, related to receive_requested_reply.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:32674 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32674 MISC:33047 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33047 MISC:33055 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33055 MISC:34360 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34360 MISC:34642 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 MISC:ADV-2008-3355 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3355~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:FEDORA-2008-10907 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00436.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:013 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2009:008 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2009:009 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html MISC:[dbus] 20081205 [CVE-2008-4311] DBus 1.2.6 URL:http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-December/010702.html MISC:dbus-sendreceive-security-bypass(47138) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47138 MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503532 URL:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503532 MISC:http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206797 URL:http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206797 MISC:https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18229 URL:https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18229 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474895 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474895 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2012:1418 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080929	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080929)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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