Description (CNA)
usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1963-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54901
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.40ubuntu2
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.47.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/0.2.38.2
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.