CVE-2013-1065 Information

Description

backend.py in Jockey before 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 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/54912 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11