backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.
CVSS 2.0
Severity: MEDIUM
Problem Type: CWE-264,
Products Affected
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.5 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.4 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.8 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.9 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.7 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | * |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.6 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2 |
| martin_pitt | jockey | 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3 |