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CVE-2013-1065

N/A

Published: October 3, 2013 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxJockey

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

Jockey · Martin Pitt

95%

v ≤ 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.100.9.7-0ubuntu7 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.1 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.2 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.4 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.5 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.6 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.7 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.8 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.9

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/54912

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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