Vulnerability Details CVE-2013-1064
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 19.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
Products affected by CVE-2013-1064
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apt-xapian-index:0.44ubuntu5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apt-xapian-index:0.44ubuntu7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apt-xapian-index:0.45ubuntu1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apt-xapian-index:0.45ubuntu2
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04