CVE-2011-4945
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 1, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 23, 2011
Description
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20120327 Re: CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a passwordmailing-list
- 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
- [polkit-devel] 20111206 polkit 0.103mailing-list
- GLSA-201204-06vendor-advisory
- 48817third-party-advisory
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9
- [oss-security] 20120327 CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a passwordmailing-list
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