CVE-2011-4945
CVE-2011-4945
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
EPSS 0.4% · 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: < 0.103-1
Update to 0.103-1
policykit-1 Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.103-1
Update to 0.103-1
policykit-1 Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 0.103-1
Update to 0.103-1
Original sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1
- http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48817
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4945