CVE-2008-0595

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    CVE-2008-0595

    Published: 29 Feb 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High