CVE-2013-4325
CVE-2013-4325
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The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 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.
EPSS 0.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1274.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1956-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2829
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006674
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4325