CVE-2013-4325 Information

Description

The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00062.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00000.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1274.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2829 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1956-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006674