DSA-5059-1 policykit-1 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5059-1 policykit-1 -- security update

Date Reported:

25 Jan 2022

Affected Packages:

policykit-1

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-4034.

More information:

The Qualys Research Labs discovered a local privilege escalation in PolicyKit's pkexec.

Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at https://www.qualys.com/2022/01/25/cve-2021-4034/pwnkit.txt

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0.105-25+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.105-31+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your policykit-1 packages.

For the detailed security status of policykit-1 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/policykit-1