CVE-2012-3524
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 18, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 14, 2012
Description
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."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SU-2012:1155vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120912 libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fixmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120726 Re: libdbus hardeningmailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1287vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1418vendor-advisory
- 50544third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52202
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847402
- USN-1576-1vendor-advisory
- 50537third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120917 Re: libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fixmailing-list
- 21323exploit
- 55517vdb-entry
- RHSA-2012:1261vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120710 libdbus hardeningmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120914 Re: libdbus CVE-2012-3524 fixmailing-list
- MDVSA-2013:083vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2013:070vendor-advisory
- 50710third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:1155-2vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697105
- USN-1576-2vendor-advisory
- http://stealth.openwall.net/null/dzug.c
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