CVE-2013-4325

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 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.

The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project

First reported 11 years ago

2013-09-23 10:18:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2014-01-14 04:27:00

Affected Software

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 1.0

1.0

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 2.0

2.0

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 2.7.10

2.7.10

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.2

3.9.2

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.4

3.9.4

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.4b

3.9.4b

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.6

3.9.6

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.8

3.9.8

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.10

3.9.10

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.12

3.9.12

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.2

3.10.2

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.5

3.10.5

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.6

3.10.6

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.9

3.10.9

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.1

3.11.1

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.3

3.11.3

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.3a

3.11.3a

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.5

3.11.5

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.7

3.11.7

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.10

3.11.10

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.2

3.12.2

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.4

3.12.4

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.6

3.12.6

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.9

3.12.9

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.10

3.12.10

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.10a

3.12.10

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.12.11

3.12.11

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.2

3.13.2

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.3

3.13.3

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.4

3.13.4

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.5

3.13.5

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.6

3.13.6

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.7

3.13.7

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.8

3.13.8

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.13.9

3.13.9

References

openSUSE-SU-2013:1617

openSUSE-SU-2013:1620

RHSA-2013:1274

DSA-2829

USN-1956-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006674

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