CVE-2011-1485

Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:policykit:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html - Patch () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html - Patch
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html - Patch () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html - Patch
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/48817 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/48817 -
References () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml - () http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml -
References () http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424 - () http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424 -
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319 - () http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319 -
References () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086 - () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086 -
References () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html - () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922 - Patch () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922 - Patch

Information

Published : 2011-05-31 20:55

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:26


NVD link : CVE-2011-1485

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1485

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1485


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Products Affected

redhat

  • policykit
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')