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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4324: polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4324: polkit, Spice-Gtk, systemd, HPLIP, libvirt: Privilege escalation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/03/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

spice-gtk 0.14, and possibly other versions, invokes the polkit authority using the insecure polkit_unix_process_new API function, 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-libvirt
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-spice-gtk
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-print-hplip
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-systemd
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-auth-polkit

References

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