CVE-2008-4311
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-10 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bb696fa71cc782368574aef28b01fb80a2b9017e721c77d60379e82127983588
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18229
- secunia.com33047http://secunia.com/advisories/33047
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1418http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdbus-sendreceive-security-bypass(47138)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47138
- secunia.com34642http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474895
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3355http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3355
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-10907https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00436.html
- secunia.com33055http://secunia.com/advisories/33055
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503532
- forums.fedoraforum.orghttp://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206797
- secunia.com34360http://secunia.com/advisories/34360
- lists.freedesktop.org[dbus] 20081205 [CVE-2008-4311] DBus 1.2.6http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-December/010702.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- www.securityfocus.com32674http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32674
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:013http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dbus Fixed in 1.2.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dbus Fixed in 1.2.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dbus Fixed in 1.2.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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