CVE-2013-1064
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
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/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1Patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54914Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1Advisory