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USN-5252-1: PolicyKit vulnerability

25 January 2022

policykit-1 could be made to run programs as an administrator.

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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.

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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-gobject-1-0, policykit-1-doc, policykit-1, libpolkit-gobject-1-dev, libpolkit-agent-1-0, libpolkit-backend-1-0, libpolkit-agent-1-dev, libpolkit-backend-1-dev, gir1.2-polkit-1.0