CVE-2013-4327 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

systemd 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00042.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux
Debian	Debian Linux
Systemd Project	Systemd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2777-1	systemd security update
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4214	systemd 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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-1961-1	systemd vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1961-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006680
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4327
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4327

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-10-03T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.987Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4327

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-03T21:55:04.443

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4327

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4327 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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