CVE-2013-4288
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1
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