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UbuntuUSN-1953-1HistorySep 18, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.
polkit vulnerability
2013-09-1800:00:00
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2
7.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
6.2
Confidence
Low
EPSS
0
Percentile
5.1%
Releases
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04
- Ubuntu 10.04
Packages
- policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
Details
It was discovered that polkit didn’t allow applications to use the pkcheck
tool in a way which prevented a race condition in the UID lookup. A local
attacker could use this flaw to possibly escalate privileges.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | libpolkit-agent-1-0 | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | libpolkit-agent-1-dev | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | libpolkit-backend-1-0 | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | libpolkit-backend-1-dev | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | libpolkit-gobject-1-0 | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | libpolkit-gobject-1-dev | < 0.105-1ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.104-2ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 | < 0.104-2ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
References
Related
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CentOS Update for polkit CESA-2013:1270 centos6
2013-09-24 00:00:00
RedHat Update for polkit RHSA-2013:1270-01
2013-09-24 00:00:00
Fedora Update for polkit FEDORA-2013-17197
2013-09-24 00:00:00
nessus
nessus
Fedora 20 : polkit-0.112-1.fc20 (2013-17160)
2013-09-23 00:00:00
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : policykit-1 vulnerability (USN-1953-1)
2013-09-19 00:00:00
Fedora 18 : polkit-0.107-6.fc18 (2013-17197)
2013-09-22 00:00:00
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[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: polkit-0.107-6.fc18
2013-09-22 04:28:15
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: polkit-0.112-1.fc19
2013-09-20 16:22:44
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: polkit-0.112-1.fc20
2013-09-23 00:12:34
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PolicyKit protection bypass
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2013-10-01 00:00:00
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polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation
2014-06-26 00:00:00
mageia
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CVSS2
7.2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
6.2
Confidence
Low
EPSS
0
Percentile
5.1%
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