USN-1960-1: Software Properties vulnerability
18 September 2013
Software Properties could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.
Releases
Packages
- software-properties - manage the repositories that you install software from
Details
It was discovered that Software Properties was using polkit in an unsafe
manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended
polkit authorizations.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.