Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54914
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.