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CVE-2013-1064

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apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 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.

Date published : 2013-10-03

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1

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