CVE-2013-1065

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1065
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-03 21:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionbackend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.4 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.5 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.6 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.7 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.8 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.9 All All All
Application Martin Pitt Jockey All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA54912 - Ubuntu update for jockey - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1957-1: Jockey vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 : jockey package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Patch
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