Explain 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 only for fully qualified method calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a method call with a NULL interface.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '29281', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29281'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0694', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0159', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2012:1418', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html'}, {'name': '[dbus] 20080227 [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2008-0595 D-Bus Security Releases - D-Bus 1.0.3 and D-Bus 1.1.20', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html'}, {'name': '29160', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29160'}, {'name': '29148', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29148'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released/'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-2043', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html'}, {'name': '29173', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29173'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:054', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054'}, {'name': '29171', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29171'}, {'name': '20080307 rPSA-2008-0099-1 dbus dbus-glib dbus-qt dbus-x11', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9353', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353'}, {'name': '1019512', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2008:006', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html'}, {'name': '32281', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/32281'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-2070', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-1599', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599'}, {'name': '29323', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29323'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282'}, {'name': '30869', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30869'}, {'name': '28023', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023'}, {'name': 'USN-653-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED