CVE-2013-1063

Publication date 18 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

usb-creator 0.2.47 before 0.2.47.1, 0.2.40 before 0.2.40ubuntu2, and 0.2.38 before 0.2.38.2 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
usb-creator 13.04 raring
Fixed 0.2.47.1
12.10 quantal
Fixed 0.2.40ubuntu2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.2.38.2
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1963-1
    • usb-creator vulnerability
    • 18 September 2013

Other references