A policykit-1 security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to address a local privilege escalation in PolicyKit’s pkexec.
ELA-551-1 policykit-1 security update
Package policykit-1
ELA-551-1 policykit-1 security update
Version 0.105-15~deb8u5
Related CVEs CVE-2021-4034
The Qualys Research Labs discovered a local privilege escalation in PolicyKit’s pkexec.
Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at https://www.qualys.com/2022/01/25/cve-2021-4034/pwnkit.txt
For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 0.105-15~deb8u5.
We recommend that you upgrade your policykit-1 packages.
Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/
