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Package "policykit-1"

Name: policykit-1

Description:

framework for managing administrative policies and privileges
Latest version: 0.104-1ubuntu1.5
Release: precise (12.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: http://hal.freedesktop.org/docs/PolicyKit/

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Version: 0.104-1ubuntu1.5 2021-05-03 14:07:17 UTC

  policykit-1 (0.104-1ubuntu1.5) precise-security; urgency=medium

  [ Marc Deslauriers ]
  * SECURITY UPDATE: start time protection mechanism bypass
    - debian/patches/CVE-2019-6133.patch: Compare PolkitUnixProcess uids
      for temporary authorizations in src/polkit/polkitsubject.c,
      src/polkit/polkitunixprocess.c,
      src/polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.
    - CVE-2019-6133

 -- <email address hidden> (Leonidas S. Barbosa) Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:18:39 -0300
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2019-6133 In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization deci

Version: 0.104-1ubuntu1.1 2013-09-18 14:08:27 UTC

  policykit-1 (0.104-1ubuntu1.1) precise-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: use of pkcheck without specifying uid is racy,
    possibly leading to privilege escalation
    - debian/patches/CVE-2013-4288.patch: implement pid,start-time,uid
      syntax so callers have a non-racy way of using pkcheck.
    - CVE-2013-4288
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:48:41 -0400
CVE-2013-4288 RESERVED


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