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CVE-2013-4327

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Systemd ProjectSystemd
through 207
DebianDebian Linux
Version 7.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Version 13.04

Weakness classification

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