CVE-2013-1061

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductMarc Deslauriers Software-properties
PublishedOct 3, 2013
First seenOct 3, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
marc_deslauriers software-properties0.82.7, 0.82.7.1, 0.82.7.2, 0.82.7.3, 0.82.7.4, 0.92.9, 0.92.9.1, 0.92.9.2, 0.92.17, 0.92.17.1, 0.92.17.2—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 12.10, 13.04—

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