CVE-2013-1061: Race Condition
First published: Thu Oct 03 2013(Updated: )
dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.
Credit: security@ubuntu.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.82.7 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.82.7.1 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.82.7.2 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.82.7.3 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.82.7.4 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.92.9 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.92.9.1 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.92.9.2 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.92.17 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.92.17.1 | |
| Marc Deslauriers Software-properties | =0.92.17.2 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =13.04 |
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Reference Links
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/150156695/software-properties_0.92.17.2_0.92.17.3.diff.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87381
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/tags
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- vendor/marc deslauriers
- canonical/marc deslauriers software-properties
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.82.7
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.82.7.1
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.82.7.2
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.82.7.3
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.82.7.4
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.92.9
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.92.9.1
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.92.9.2
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.92.17
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.92.17.1
- version/marc deslauriers software-properties/0.92.17.2
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/12.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/13.04