CVE catalog

CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index: CVE-2013-1064

Severity: Medium
Published: Oct 3, 2013, 9:55:03 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.38% · Oct 25, 2026

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	apt-xapian-index	sid	`0.59`	fixed
Debian	apt-xapian-index	bookworm	`0.53`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	apt-xapian-index	source	sid	`0.47`	low	Not reported	[724837]
Debian	apt-xapian-index	source	bookworm	`0.47`	low	Not reported	[724837]

[Debian bug #724837]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[apt-xapian-index]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.53 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.47
  dsa · apt-xapian-index · debian · bookworm; dsa · apt-xapian-index · debian · 12
- 0.53 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.47
  dsa · apt-xapian-index · debian · bookworm; dsa · apt-xapian-index · debian · 12

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:07:19 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]