CVE-2013-4326
Description
RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.10-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.10-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.10-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.10-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.10-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| lennart_poettering | rkit | 0.5 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1282.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006677
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4326
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.