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CVE-2013-4327 Detail

Description

systemd 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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1961-1 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1961-1 Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006680 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006680 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4327
NVD Published Date:
10/03/2013
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.