Vulnerability Bulletins |
DSA-4428 systemd - security update |
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| Affected software | Debian |
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Jann Horn discovered that the PAM module in systemd insecurely uses theenvironment and lacks seat verification permitting spoofing an activesession to PolicyKit. A remote attacker with SSH access can takeadvantage of this issue to gain PolicyKit privileges that are normallyonly granted to clients in an active session on the local console. More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4428 |
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