Debian: DSA-2319-1 Critical: policykit-1 Race Condition
debian
October 8, 2011
Neel Mehta discovered that a race condition in Policykit, a framework for managing administrative policies and privileges, allowed local users to elevate privileges by executing a ...
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Summary
The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain the policykit-1
package.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.96-4+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid),
this problem has been fixed in version 0.101-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your policykit-1 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: policykit-1
CVE ID: CVE-2011-1485
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