Vulnerability CVE-2013-4324
Published: 2013-10-03   Modified: 2013-10-06

Description:
spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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
Redhat -> Spice-gtk 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1273.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62538
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