CVE-2013-4288

Publication date 18 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
policykit-1 13.04 raring
Fixed 0.105-1ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal
Fixed 0.104-2ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.104-1ubuntu1.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.96-2ubuntu0.2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1953-1
    • polkit vulnerability
    • 18 September 2013

Other references