Upstream information

CVE-2008-4311 at MITRE

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

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 443307 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • PackageKit-devel >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • dbus-1-devel >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • dbus-1-devel-doc >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • hal-devel >= 0.5.12-23.76.1
  • libpackagekit-glib10-devel >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • libpackagekit-qt10 >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • libpackagekit-qt10-devel >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • yast2-core-devel >= 2.17.46-0.5.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA PackageKit-devel-0.3.14-2.30.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA dbus-1-devel-1.2.10-3.31.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA yast2-core-devel-2.17.46-0.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • PackageKit >= 0.3.14-2.12.105
  • PackageKit-lang >= 0.3.14-2.12.105
  • dbus-1 >= 1.2.10-3.11.29
  • dbus-1-32bit >= 1.2.10-3.11.29
  • dbus-1-x11 >= 1.2.10-3.11.33
  • dbus-1-x86 >= 1.2.10-3.11.29
  • hal >= 0.5.12-23.40.5
  • hal-32bit >= 0.5.12-23.40.5
  • hal-doc >= 0.5.12-23.40.6
  • hal-x86 >= 0.5.12-23.40.5
  • libpackagekit-glib10 >= 0.3.14-2.12.105
  • yast2-core >= 2.17.35-0.2.17
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA PackageKit-0.3.14-2.12.105
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA dbus-1-1.2.10-3.11.29
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • PackageKit >= 0.3.14-2.23.126
  • PackageKit-lang >= 0.3.14-2.23.126
  • dbus-1 >= 1.2.10-3.23.1
  • dbus-1-32bit >= 1.2.10-3.23.1
  • dbus-1-x11 >= 1.2.10-3.23.1
  • dbus-1-x86 >= 1.2.10-3.23.1
  • hal >= 0.5.12-23.58.22
  • hal-32bit >= 0.5.12-23.58.22
  • hal-doc >= 0.5.12-23.58.21
  • hal-x86 >= 0.5.12-23.58.22
  • libpackagekit-glib10 >= 0.3.14-2.23.126
  • yast2-core >= 2.17.44-0.5.3
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA PackageKit-0.3.14-2.23.126
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA dbus-1-1.2.10-3.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA yast2-core-2.17.44-0.5.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • PackageKit >= 0.3.14-2.28.46
  • PackageKit-lang >= 0.3.14-2.28.46
  • dbus-1 >= 1.2.10-3.27.1
  • dbus-1-32bit >= 1.2.10-3.27.1
  • dbus-1-x11 >= 1.2.10-3.27.1
  • dbus-1-x86 >= 1.2.10-3.27.1
  • hal >= 0.5.12-23.68.1
  • hal-32bit >= 0.5.12-23.68.1
  • hal-doc >= 0.5.12-23.68.1
  • hal-x86 >= 0.5.12-23.68.1
  • libpackagekit-glib10 >= 0.3.14-2.28.46
  • yast2-core >= 2.17.45-0.5.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA PackageKit-0.3.14-2.28.46
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA dbus-1-1.2.10-3.27.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA yast2-core-2.17.45-0.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • PackageKit >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • PackageKit-devel >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • PackageKit-lang >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • dbus-1 >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • dbus-1-32bit >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • dbus-1-devel >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • dbus-1-devel-doc >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • dbus-1-x11 >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • dbus-1-x86 >= 1.2.10-3.31.1
  • hal >= 0.5.12-23.76.1
  • hal-32bit >= 0.5.12-23.76.1
  • hal-devel >= 0.5.12-23.76.1
  • hal-doc >= 0.5.12-23.76.1
  • hal-x86 >= 0.5.12-23.76.1
  • libpackagekit-glib10 >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • libpackagekit-glib10-devel >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • libpackagekit-qt10 >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • libpackagekit-qt10-devel >= 0.3.14-2.30.11
  • yast2-core >= 2.17.46-0.5.1
  • yast2-core-devel >= 2.17.46-0.5.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA PackageKit-0.3.14-2.30.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA dbus-1-1.2.10-3.31.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA yast2-core-2.17.46-0.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA PackageKit-devel-0.3.14-2.30.11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA dbus-1-devel-1.2.10-3.31.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA yast2-core-devel-2.17.46-0.5.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • dbus-1 >= 1.2.10-3.9.1
  • dbus-1-32bit >= 1.2.10-3.9.1
  • dbus-1-x86 >= 1.2.10-3.9.1
Patchnames:
slessp0-dbus-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • PackageKit >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-backend-dnf >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-backend-zypp >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-branding-upstream >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-devel >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-gtk3-module >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • PackageKit-lang >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • dbus-1 >= 1.12.20-5.5
  • dbus-1-devel >= 1.12.20-5.5
  • dbus-1-devel-32bit >= 1.12.20-5.5
  • libdbus-1-3 >= 1.12.20-5.5
  • libdbus-1-3-32bit >= 1.12.20-5.5
  • libpackagekit-glib2-18 >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • libpackagekit-glib2-18-32bit >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • libpackagekit-glib2-devel >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-32bit >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0 >= 1.2.2-13.2
  • yast2-core >= 4.4.0-1.4
  • yast2-core-devel >= 4.4.0-1.4
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA PackageKit-1.2.2-13.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA dbus-1-1.12.20-5.5
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA yast2-core-4.4.0-1.4


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 dbus-1 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 dbus-1 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 dbus-1 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 dbus-1 Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:38:42 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:28:15 2023