Vulnerability CVE-2013-1065

Vulnerability CVE-2013-1065

Published: 2013-10-03 Modified: 2013-10-04

Description:

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.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10	6.4/10	3.9/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Local	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	Partial

Affected software
Martin pitt -> Jockey
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux

References:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/54912

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