CVE-2013-1064

Published Oct 3, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1104 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1955-1 apt-xapian-index vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 8:46 PM
Reserved
Jan 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 3, 2013, 9:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:50 PM