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A vulnerability was found in Ubuntu Developers apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu5/0.44ubuntu7/0.45ubuntu2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 10/03/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1064 since 01/11/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69973 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : apt-xapian-index vulnerability (USN-1955-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.45ubuntu2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (69973).

Productinfo

Vendor

• Ubuntu Developers

Name

• apt-xapian-index

Version

• 0.44ubuntu5
• 0.44ubuntu7
• 0.45ubuntu2

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69973
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : apt-xapian-index vulnerability (USN-1955-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 841565
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for apt-xapian-index USN-1955-1
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu2

Timelineinfo

01/11/2013 🔍
09/18/2013 +250 days 🔍
09/19/2013 +1 days 🔍
10/01/2013 +12 days 🔍
10/03/2013 +2 days 🔍
10/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +537 days 🔍
01/08/2022 +2482 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1955-1
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-1064 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

Vulnerability Center: 41688 - apt-xapian-index Local Bypass Restrictions Vulnerability via PolicyKit, Medium
SecurityFocus: 62501
Secunia: 54914

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/08/2022 09:39
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (64), 05/12/2017 10:36 (4), 01/08/2022 09:36 (3), 01/08/2022 09:39 (1)
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