CVE-2013-1062 Information

Description

ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1 and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/54907 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1962-1