Posted by Kees Cook on Apr 19
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1117-1
April 19, 2011
policykit-1 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 10.10
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 9.10
Summary:
Local users could gain root access by using the pkexec tool in PolicyKit.
Software…
