Description (CNA)
spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00031.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54947
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1273.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62538
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.