USN-5252-1 fixed a vulnerability in policykit-1. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that the PolicyKit pkexec tool incorrectly handled
command-line arguments. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate
privileges to an administrator.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | policykit-1 | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5+esm1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-agent-1-0 | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-agent-1-0-dbgsym | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-agent-1-dev | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-backend-1-0 | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-backend-1-0-dbgsym | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-backend-1-dev | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-gobject-1-0 | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libpolkit-gobject-1-0-dbgsym | < 0.105-14.1ubuntu0.5 | UNKNOWN |