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title: "CVE-2013-1764\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1764?format=md
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# CVE-2013-1764

Publication date 16 April 2014

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

The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users
to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1764?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| packagekit | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per Debian, Zypp backend specific to SuSE

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1764)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1764)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1764)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1764)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/25>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1764>