policykit-1 - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: policykit-1 (main)
version: 123-1
maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Martin Pitt [DMD] – Michael Biebl [DMD] – Simon McVittie [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.6.2
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 0.105-25+deb10u1
o-o-sec: 0.105-25+deb10u1
oldstable: 0.105-31+deb11u1
old-sec: 0.105-31+deb11u1
stable: 122-3
testing: 123-1
unstable: 123-1

versioned links

0.105-25+deb10u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.105-31+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
122-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
123-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

gir1.2-polkit-1.0
libpolkit-agent-1-0
libpolkit-agent-1-dev
libpolkit-gobject-1-0
libpolkit-gobject-1-dev
pkexec (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
policykit-1 (20 bugs: 0, 18, 2, 0)
policykit-1-doc
polkitd (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
polkitd-pkla

action needed

1 security issue in trixie high

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 important issue:

CVE-2016-2568: pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

Created: 2023-06-11 Last update: 2023-08-05 06:08

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2016-2568: pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

Created: 2022-07-04 Last update: 2023-08-05 06:08

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2023-09-13 Last update: 2023-09-26 08:03

Multiarch hinter reports 2 issue(s) normal

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

policykit-1-doc could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
gir1.2-polkit-1.0 could be marked Multi-Arch: same

Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2023-09-26 07:37

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that policykit-1 depends on which need a new maintainer are:

xml-core (#660687)
- Depends: xml-core
- Build-Depends: xml-core
docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2022-10-13 Last update: 2023-09-26 07:03

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 123-2, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 7bf7fc3c86691de7e6fc04fe4e6dda7d43670a66
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 14 11:15:17 2023 +0100

    Update changelog

commit c0c8f48a0dc3e5c29387cd63dc867776cad43fbc
Author: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 6 13:20:08 2023 +0100

    d/clean: Remove unpacked subprojects/mocklibc-1.0/
    
    This addresses FTBFS-twice-in-a-row. The subproject is provided in the
    upstream tarball as source code packed in a zip file, rather than as
    unpacked source.

Created: 2023-08-06 Last update: 2023-09-24 00:57

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

Lintian reports 4 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2023-08-03 Last update: 2023-08-03 06:38

2 low-priority security issues in bullseye low

There are 2 open security issues in bullseye.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2021-4115: (needs triaging) There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

1 ignored issue:

CVE-2016-2568: pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

Created: 2022-07-04 Last update: 2023-08-05 06:08

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 123-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2023-08-03 06:51

Build log checks report 1 warning low

Build log checks report 1 warning

Created: 2015-09-07 Last update: 2015-09-07 00:29

No known security issue in bookworm wishlist

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 ignored issue:

CVE-2016-2568: pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2023-08-05 06:08

news

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[2023-08-05] policykit-1 123-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-02] Accepted policykit-1 123-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2023-06-21] policykit-1 122-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-12] Accepted policykit-1 122-4 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2023-02-03] policykit-1 122-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-31] Accepted policykit-1 122-3 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2023-01-23] policykit-1 122-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-20] Accepted policykit-1 122-2 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2022-10-31] policykit-1 122-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-10-28] Accepted policykit-1 122-1 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2022-10-16] policykit-1 121+compat0.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-10-13] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-6 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2022-10-13] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-5 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2022-10-10] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-4 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-09-28] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-3 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-09-14] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-09-04] Accepted policykit-1 121+compat0.1-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-07-23] Accepted policykit-1 121-2 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-07-16] Accepted policykit-1 121-1 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-02-28] policykit-1 0.105-33 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-28] policykit-1 0.105-33 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-26] Accepted policykit-1 0.105-33 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2022-02-21] policykit-1 0.105-32 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-02-18] Accepted policykit-1 0.105-32 (source) into unstable (Simon McVittie)
[2022-02-18] Accepted policykit-1 0.120-6 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-02-09] Accepted policykit-1 0.120-5 (source) into experimental (Simon McVittie)
[2022-02-09] Accepted policykit-1 0.120-4 (all amd64 source) into experimental, experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Simon McVittie)
[2022-02-05] Accepted policykit-1 0.105-25+deb10u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2022-02-02] Accepted policykit-1 0.105-31+deb11u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2022-01-29] policykit-1 0.105-31.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 26 28
RC: 0
I&N: 23 25
M&W: 2
F&P: 1
patch: 1

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ubuntu

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version: 123-1
65 bugs (2 patches)