| Name | CVE-2011-4945 |
| Description | PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| policykit-1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.105-15~deb8u5 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.105-18+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.105-25+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 0.105-31+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 122-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 125-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| policykit-1 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| policykit-1 | source | (unstable) | 0.103-1 | | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - policykit-1 <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 0.103)