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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.705059
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5059-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'policykit-1' package(s) announced via the DSA-5059-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'policykit-1' package(s) announced via the DSA-5059-1 advisory.

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

Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at [link moved to references]

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: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'policykit-1' package(s) on Debian 10, Debian 11.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4034
https://www.secpod.com/blog/local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-major-linux-distributions-cve-2021-4034/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166196/Polkit-pkexec-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166200/Polkit-pkexec-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022-001
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025869
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-330556.pdf
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/commit/a2bf5c9c83b6ae46cbd5c779d3055bff81ded683
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.qualys.com/2022/01/25/cve-2021-4034/pwnkit.txt
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220818-0001/
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000020564
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