Executive Summary

Summary
Title apt-xapian-index vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1955-1 First vendor Publication 2013-09-18
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-09-18
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

apt-xapian-index could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.

Software Description: - apt-xapian-index: maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian package

Details:

It was discovered that apt-xapian-index was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit authorizations.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
apt-xapian-index 0.45ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu5.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1955-1
CVE-2013-1064

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.45ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu7.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/0.44ubuntu5.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1955-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19374
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19374
Title: USN-1955-1 -- apt-xapian-index vulnerability
Description: apt-xapian-index could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1955-1
CVE-2013-1064
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
 Product(s): apt-xapian-index
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-09-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1955-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:02:28
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-04 21:26:34
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2013-10-04 13:25:18
  • Multiple Updates
2013-09-18 21:20:38
  • First insertion