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title: "CVE-2013-4325\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4325

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

The check\_permission\_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and
Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| hplip | 13.04 raring | Fixed 3.13.3-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 3.12.6-3ubuntu4.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.12.2-1ubuntu3.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.10.2-2ubuntu2.3 |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4325)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4325)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4325)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4325)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1956-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1956-1)
+ HPLIP vulnerability
+ 18 September 2013

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4325>