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CVE-2008-0595

Published: Feb 29, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-863
NVD MITRE
4.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mandrake linuxmandrakesoft
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
dbusfreedesktopOSS Libraries
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
mandrakesoftcommercialFROperating Systemsaka mandriva, mandrakesoft linux
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
freedesktoposs-projectOSS Librariesaka freedesktop.org
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html
lists.freedesktop.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Feb 29, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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