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CVE-2013-1065

Publication date 18 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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

Package Ubuntu Release Status
jockey 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1957-1
    • Jockey vulnerability
    • 18 September 2013

Other references