CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-3524

Published: Sep 18, 2012 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.9 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libdbus itself: we do not support use of libdbus in setuid binaries that do not sanitize their environment before their first call into libdbus.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libdbus Freedesktop * 1.5.12 (including)
Libdbus Freedesktop 1.5.0 (including) 1.5.0 (including)
Libdbus Freedesktop 1.5.2 (including) 1.5.2 (including)
Libdbus Freedesktop 1.5.4 (including) 1.5.4 (including)
Libdbus Freedesktop 1.5.6 (including) 1.5.6 (including)
Libdbus Freedesktop 1.5.8 (including) 1.5.8 (including)
Libdbus Freedesktop 1.5.10 (including) 1.5.10 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat dbus-1:1.2.24-7.el6_3 *
Dbus Ubuntu devel *
Dbus Ubuntu hardy *
Dbus Ubuntu lucid *
Dbus Ubuntu natty *
Dbus Ubuntu oneiric *
Dbus Ubuntu precise *

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