CVE-2013-1065

backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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 (6)

• security@ubuntuhttp://secunia.com/advisories/54912
• security@ubuntuhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1
• security@ubuntuhttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54912
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11