Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5252-2

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by Packet Storm, 27 Jan 2022.

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    Ubuntu Security Notice 5252-2 - 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. 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.

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    #1 Packet Storm, 27 Jan 2022
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