ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu_linux | Canonical | 12.04 (including) | 12.04 (including) |
| Ubuntu_linux | Canonical | 12.10 (including) | 12.10 (including) |
| Ubuntu_linux | Canonical | 13.04 (including) | 13.04 (including) |
| Ubuntu-system-service | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Ubuntu-system-service | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Ubuntu-system-service | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Ubuntu-system-service | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Ubuntu-system-service | Ubuntu | raring | * |