CVE-2013-4394
The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving "special and control characters."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- systemd project/systemd · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.