CVE-2013-1063

Summary

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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.

Impact & exploitability

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2Patch
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2Patch
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54901Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1