medium6.9
CVE-2011-4945
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
Impact
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Biebl | Policykit | Version 0.103 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48817
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml
- http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48817
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml
- http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1