--- title: "CVE-2013-1061\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1061?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2013-1061 Publication date 18 September 2013 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | software-properties | 13.04 raring | Fixed 0.92.17.3 | | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.92.9.3 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.82.7.5 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1061) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1061) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1061) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1061) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1960-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1960-1) + Software Properties vulnerability + 18 September 2013 ### Other references *