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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-09-18T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.760Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-3524

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-18T17:55:00.990

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:11:36.743

Link: CVE-2012-3524

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3524 - Bugzilla