CVE-2013-4161

Publication date 31 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

gksu-polkit-0.0.3-6.fc18 was reported as fixing the issue in CVE-2012-5617 but the patch was improperly applied and it did not fixed the security issue.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gksu-polkit 15.04 vivid Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes


sbeattie

improperly applied patch in Fedora only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H