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CVE-2013-1061

Published: 18 September 2013

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
software-properties
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (0.82.7.5)
quantal
Released (0.92.9.3)
raring
Released (0.92.17.3)
upstream Needs triage