CVE-2013-1064 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in apt-xapian-index to bypass access restrictions and escalate privileges via Polkit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1064?
CVE-2013-1064 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1064?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Apt-Xapian-Index, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1064?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-1064 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1064 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1064, GHSA-f46w-pmxr-fvq6.