CVE-2008-4311
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4292)
- Published
- December 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4292 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
- freedesktop / dbus
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503532
- http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206797
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-December/010702.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33047(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33055(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34360
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32674
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3355
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18229
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474895
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47138
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00436.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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