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CVE-2013-4288

Published: 18 September 2013

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
policykit-1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

lucid
Released (0.96-2ubuntu0.2)
precise
Released (0.104-1ubuntu1.1)
quantal
Released (0.104-2ubuntu1.1)
raring
Released (0.105-1ubuntu1.1)