This bug was fixed in the package kauth - 5.26.0-0ubuntu2.1 --------------- kauth (5.26.0-0ubuntu2.1) yakkety-security; urgency=medium
* SECURITY UPDATE: Local privilege escalation (LP: #1689759) - debian/patches/local-privilege-esc-CVE-2017-8422.patch - Thanks to Sebastian Krahmer for reporting this issue, Albert Astals Cid for fixing this issue. - CVE-2017-8422 -- José Manuel SantamarÃa Lema <panfa...@gmail.com> Mon, 15 May 2017 15:49:46 +0200 ** Changed in: kauth (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1689759 Title: CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kauth/+bug/1689759/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs