CVE-2013-1060 Information

Description

A certain Ubuntu build procedure for perf as distributed in the Linux kernel packages in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 12.04 LTS 12.10 13.04 and 13.10 sets the HOME environment variable to the ~buildd directory and consequently reads the system configuration file from the ~buildd directory which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging control over the buildd account.

Reference

http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-1060.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1938-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1939-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1941-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1942-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1943-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1944-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1945-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1946-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1947-1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1206200 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2013-July/031248.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2013-July/031249.html