FKIE_CVE-2013-1061

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-10-03 21:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity
Summary
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
security@ubuntu.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/54909Vendor Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
security@ubuntu.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3Patch
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54909Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.1
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.2
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.3
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.82.7.4
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.92.9
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.92.9.1
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.92.9.2
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.92.17
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.92.17.1
marc_deslauriers software-properties 0.92.17.2
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.04
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