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D-Bus "send_interface" Security Policy Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA29148
Release Date: 2008-02-28
Popularity: 4,096 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:D-Bus 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A security issue has been reported in D-Bus, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an error in the processing of messages with a NULL interface, which can be exploited to bypass security policy directives of the form "<allow send_interface= [interface]/>".

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.1.20 or 1.0.3.

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