CVE-2013-4288 (GCVE-0-2013-4288)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-10-03 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 16:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed, related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-process) option for authorization to pkcheck.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1 Third Party Advisory
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