CVE-2013-4325 (GCVE-0-2013-4325)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-23 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1039 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1274.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1956-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2829 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006674 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-09-18 00:00
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