CVE-2011-4945

Publication date 1 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
policykit 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
policykit-1 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

Change introduced in upstream PolicyKit version 0.103 The Debian package reverts the patch