Description (CNA)
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- 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
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- 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