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.
2013-10-03T21:55:03.757
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | canonical | apt-xapian-index | < 0.45ubuntu2.1 | Yes |
Application | canonical | apt-xapian-index | 0.44ubuntu5.1 | Yes |
Application | canonical | apt-xapian-index | 0.44ubuntu7.1 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.04 | Yes |