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CVE-2013-1064
Published: Oct 3, 2013
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
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https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
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USN-1955-1
vendor-advisory
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54914
third-party-advisory
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