--- title: "CVE-2013-1062\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-2013-1062?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2013-1062 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 ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | ubuntu-system-service | 13.04 raring | Fixed 0.2.4.1 | | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.2.3.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.2.2.1 | | 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-2013-1062) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1062) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1062) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1062) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1962-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1962-1) + ubuntu-system-service vulnerability + 18 September 2013 ### Other references *