# CVE-2008-0595: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-02-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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