CVE-2013-4327

Medium

Description

systemd 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
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductSystemd
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
systemd_project systemdv ≤ 207—
debian debian_linux7.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux13.04—

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