https://cve.radiocsirt.org Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:10:22 +0000 https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2017-7572 <p>The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.</p> <p>The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condition (time of check, time of use). With this authorization method, the owner of a process requesting a polkit operation is checked by polkitd via /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/status, by which time the requesting process may have been replaced by a different process with the same PID that has different privileges then the original requester.</p> https://cve.radiocsirt.org/vuln/cve-2017-7572