CVE-2013-1064

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.

🔗 References (10)

• security@ubuntuhttp://secunia.com/advisories/54914
• security@ubuntuhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
• security@ubuntuhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
• security@ubuntuhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
• security@ubuntuhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54914
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1