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apt-xapian-index: authorization bypass

Package(s):apt-xapian-index CVE #(s):CVE-2013-1064
Created:September 19, 2013 Updated:September 25, 2013
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

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.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1955-1 2013-09-18
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