medium4.6
CVE-2013-4326
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restricti…
Impact
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lennart Poettering | Rkit | Version 0.5 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 6.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677