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.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
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http://secunia.com/advisories/54912 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1957-1 | vendor advisory |
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 | patch |