medium4.6
CVE-2013-1061
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 …
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Deslauriers | Software-Properties | Versions 0.82.7, 0.82.7.1, 0.82.7.2, 0.82.7.3, 0.82.7.4, 0.92.9 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3