PT-2013-1181 · Lennart Poettering+2 · Realtimekit+2

Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala · Published 2013-09-24 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-4326

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) version 0.5

Description The issue allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a setuid process or pkexec process. This can lead to a violation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation of this issue can be performed locally.

Recommendations For RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) version 0.5, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the D-Bus communication with a polkit authority until a patch is available. Additionally, restrict the use of setuid processes and pkexec processes to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-06864

BDU:2015-06865

BDU:2015-09053

BDU:2015-09054

CESA-2013_1282

CVE-2013-4326

MGASA-2013-0293

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10557-1

RHSA-2013:1282

RHSA-2013_1282

Affected Products

Centos

Realtimekit

Red Hat

References · 33

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4326 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1282.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4326 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10557-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06865 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0293.html · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06864 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4326 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4326 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09054 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0293 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4326 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html · Vendor Advisory