ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| michael_vogt | ubuntu-system-service | 0.2.3 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 |
| michael_vogt | ubuntu-system-service | 0.2.2 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 |
| michael_vogt | ubuntu-system-service | 0.2.4 |