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CVE-2013-4288
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse / opensuse | 12.3 | 12.3.x |
| opensuse / opensuse | 12.2 | 12.2.x |
| polkit_project / polkit | - | 0.112.1 |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 13.04 | 13.04.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | 12.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | 10.04.x |
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1270.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/626
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1953-1
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