Incorrect Default Permissions The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package systemd (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1304-SYSTEMD-635468
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed28 Oct 2013
Introduced: 28 Oct 2013
CVE-2013-4394 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:13.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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."
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4394
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9