PackageKit up to 0.8.7 access control

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A vulnerability has been found in PackageKit up to 0.8.7 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.

The weakness was released 04/16/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-1764 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74986 (openSUSE Security Update : PackageKit (openSUSE-SU-2013:0889-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (74986).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 74986
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : PackageKit (openSUSE-SU-2013:0889-1)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PackageKit 0.8.2
Patch: gitorious.org

Timelineinfo

02/19/2013 🔍
09/20/2013 +213 days 🔍
11/07/2013 +48 days 🔍
04/16/2014 +160 days 🔍
04/16/2014 +0 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +58 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +285 days 🔍
03/15/2022 +2547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1764 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 42212 - PackageKit Before 0.8.8 Remote Authenticated Security Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1764), Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/15/2022 10:50
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (57), 05/15/2017 11:01 (2), 03/15/2022 10:44 (4), 03/15/2022 10:50 (1)
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