CVE-2013-1064

Publication date 18 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apt-xapian-index	13.04 raring	Fixed 0.45ubuntu2.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.44ubuntu7.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.44ubuntu5.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1955-1
apt-xapian-index vulnerability
18 September 2013

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1064