CVE-2008-4311

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    CVE-2008-4311

    Published: 10 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/33047, http://secunia.com/advisories/33055, http://secunia.com/advisories/34360, http://secunia.com/advisories/34642, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3355, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474895, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503532, http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206797, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-December/010702.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32674, https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18229, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47138, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00436.html

    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
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