CVE-2013-4288

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4288
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-03 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:45:00 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.04 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Polkit Project Polkit All All All All
Application Polkit Project Polkit All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1527-1: moderate: update for systemd SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-1953-1: polkit vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1617-1: moderate: update for hplip SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2013-4288 MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - Fwd: [vs-plain] polkit races MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1528-1: moderate: systemd: bugfix and SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1620-1: moderate: update for hplip SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1002375 – (CVE-2013-4288) CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1002375 – (CVE-2013-4288) CVE-2013-4288 polkit: unix-process subject for authorization is racy MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296088 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 9.1.5 Missing (CPUAPR2019)
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