CVE-2013-4327: Race Condition
First published: Wed Sep 11 2013(Updated: )
Sebastian Krahmer reported a security issue was found in polkit (<a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4288">CVE-2013-4288</a> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED ERRATA - CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1002375">bz 1002375</a>). It was found that systemd was vulnerable to this issue as well, since it communicated to polkit authority using an unsafe DBUS interface. This issue has been assigned <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4327">CVE-2013-4327</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Systemd Project Systemd | <=207 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =13.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4288
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4327
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=796254&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=796254&action=edit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1009544
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006680
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1961-1
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