medium4.6
CVE-2013-1065
backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intende…
Impact
backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Pitt | Jockey | through 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.10 Versions 0.9.7-0ubuntu7, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.4 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Version 12.04 |