CVE-2013-1061
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 11, 2013
Description
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3
- 54909third-party-advisory
- softwareproperties-cve20131061-sec-bypass(87381)vdb-entry
- USN-1960-1vendor-advisory
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