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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1957-1 Moderate: Jockey Polkit Bypass

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2013
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Uncover the Jockey exploit in Ubuntu that facilitates the circumvention of polkit permissions, alongside the specifics of the recent patch.
Jockey could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.

Summary

Jockey could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.

Software Description:

- jockey: user interface and desktop integration for driver management

Details:

It was discovered that Jockey was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local

attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit

authorizations.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate local attack ubuntu bypass polkit jockey

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  jockey-common                   0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11

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

References

CVE-2013-1065

September 18, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate local attack ubuntu bypass polkit jockey

Package Information

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

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