PT-2013-2853 · Canonical · Jockey

Published 2013-10-03 · Updated 2013-10-04 · CVE-2013-1065

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 Jockey versions prior to 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11

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 is related to a race condition in how D-Bus is used for communication with a polkit authority.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11, update to version 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1065

Affected Products

Jockey

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1065 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54912 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 · Patch