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title: "CVE-2010-1172\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-1172

Publication date 20 August 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1172?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dbus-glib | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.84-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.74-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1172?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

network-manager and modemmanager require a no change rebuild to
incorporate the changes

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| dbus-glib | * Other:   [?h=rhel](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib/commit/?h=rhel5&id=9a6bce9b615abca6068348c1606ba8eaf13d9ae0) * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585394> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1172)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1172)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-1172)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1172)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1138-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1138-1)
+ DBus-GLib vulnerability
+ 26 May 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1172>