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title: "CVE-2013-1064\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1064

Publication date 18 September 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

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1
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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apt-xapian-index | 13.04 raring | Fixed 0.45ubuntu2.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.44ubuntu7.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.44ubuntu5.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1064)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1064)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1064)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1064)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1955-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1955-1)
+ apt-xapian-index vulnerability
+ 18 September 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1064>