Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDKSA-2005:105)

Dan Reed discovered a vulnerability in the D-BUS system for sending messages between applications. He found that a user can send and listen to messages on another user's per-user session bus if they knew the address of the socket. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem...

security flaw

D-BUS dbus before 0.22 does not properly restrict access to a socket, if the socket address is known, which allows local users to listen or send arbitrary messages on another user's per-user session bus via that socket...

[SA14119] D-BUS Session Bus Hijack Vulnerability

TITLE: D-BUS Session Bus Hijack Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA14119 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/14119/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Hijacking WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: D-BUS 0.x http://secunia.com/product/4599/ DESCRIPTION: Daniel Reed has reported a vulnerability...