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CVE-2013-4394

Published: 28 October 2013

The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving "special and control characters."

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
systemd
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

lucid Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Not vulnerable
(198-0ubuntu11.2)
saucy Not vulnerable
(204-0ubuntu15)
Patches:
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=0b507b17a760b21e33fc52ff377db6aa5086c680