CVE-2013-1061

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1061
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-1061.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-1061
Published
2013-10-03T21:55:03Z
Modified
2025-04-11T00:51:21Z
Summary
[none]
Details

dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py in Software Properties 0.92.17 before 0.92.17.3, 0.92.9 before 0.92.9.3, and 0.82.7 before 0.82.7.5 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / software-properties

Package

Name
software-properties
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/software-properties?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.92.18

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / software-properties

Package

Name
software-properties
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/software-properties?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.92.18

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}