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systemd: authorization bypass

Package(s):

systemd

CVE #(s):

CVE-2013-4327

Created:

September 19, 2013

Updated:

September 25, 2013

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

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

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1961-1	2013-09-18
Fedora	FEDORA-2013-17203	2013-09-23
Fedora	FEDORA-2013-17119	2013-09-21

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