PT-2019-6612 · Unknown · Gksu-Polkit

Published 2019-11-15 · Updated 2019-12-03 · CVE-2011-0703

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gksu-polkit versions prior to 0.0.3

Description The issue allows an attacker to potentially overtake an administrator X11 session due to the source file for xauth containing arbitrary commands.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.0.3, update to version 0.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0703

Affected Products

Gksu-Polkit

References · 3

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0703 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0703 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-0703 · Note