Vulnerability in Freedesktop Dbus

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 messages, related to send_requested_reply; and possibly (2) receiving messages, related to receive_requested_reply.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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