CVE-2011-1485
CVE-2011-1485
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
EPSS 5.2% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
policykit-1 Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.101-4
Update to 0.101-4
policykit-1 Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.101-4
Update to 0.101-4
policykit-1 Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.101-4
Update to 0.101-4
Original sources
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48817
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1485