Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
CVE-2013-1060
A certain Ubuntu build procedure for perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel packages in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS, 12.10, 13.04, and 13.10, sets the HOME environment variable to the ~buildd directory and consequently reads the system configuration file from the ~buildd directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging control over the buildd account.
EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)