USN-5252-1: PolicyKit vulnerability
25 January 2022
policykit-1 could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
Details
It was discovered that the PolicyKit pkexec tool incorrectly handled
command-line arguments. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate
privileges to an administrator.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5252-2: libpolkit-backend-1-dev, libpolkit-agent-1-0, gir1.2-polkit-1.0, libpolkit-agent-1-dev, libpolkit-backend-1-0, libpolkit-gobject-1-dev, policykit-1, policykit-1-doc, libpolkit-gobject-1-0