medium4.6
CVE-2013-1062
ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1.
Impact
ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 |
| Michael Vogt | Ubuntu-System-Service | Versions 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4 |