CVE-2013-1065 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-1065

backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 does not properly use D-Bus...

Vulnerability Description

backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

martin pitt

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Affected Software

jockey, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.4, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.5, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.6, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.7, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.8, 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.9, 12.04

Timeline

Official Publish: October 3rd, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.