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HistorySep 18, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

apt-xapian-index vulnerability

2013-09-1800:00:00
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 13.04
  • Ubuntu 12.10
  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • apt-xapian-index - maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian package

Details

It was discovered that apt-xapian-index was using polkit in an unsafe
manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended
polkit authorizations.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu13.04noarchapt-xapian-index< 0.45ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.10noarchapt-xapian-index< 0.44ubuntu7.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchapt-xapian-index< 0.44ubuntu5.1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%