CVE-2013-1064

high

Description

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/54914

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-03

Updated: 2019-07-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High