CVE-2010-1172

DBus-GLib 0.73 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

DBus-GLib 0.73 disregards the access flag of exported GObject properties, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service by modifying properties, as demonstrated by properties of the (1) DeviceKit-Power, (2) NetworkManager, and (3) ModemManager services.

References (15)

[Vendor Advisory] http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/40908

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/40925

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113103

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0616.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42347

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2063

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585394

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61041

[Patch] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib/commit/?h=rhel5&id=9a6bce9b615abca6068348c1606ba8eaf13d9ae0

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/42397

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097

Scores

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 20.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

freedesktop/dbus-glib

Timeline

Published Aug 20, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026