CVE-2013-4326
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- lennart poettering/rkit · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.