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title: "CVE-2013-0292\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-0292

Publication date 15 February 2013

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

The dbus\_g\_proxy\_manager\_filter function in dbus-gproxy in Dbus-glib before
0.100.1 does not properly verify the sender of NameOwnerChanged signals,
which allows local users to gain privileges via a spoofed signal.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0292?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dbus-glib | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.100-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.98-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.94-4ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.84-1ubuntu0.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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-2013-0292?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

local privilege escalation demonstrated with pam\_fprintd
dbus-glib is deprecated

### 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 | * Upstream:   [?id=166](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib/commit/?id=166978a09cf5edff4028e670b6074215a4c75eca) * Vendor:   <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0568.html> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0292)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0292)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-0292)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0292)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1753-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1753-1)
+ DBus-GLib vulnerability
+ 27 February 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/10>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0292>