Package: gksu-polkit
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,
the following vulnerability was published for gksu-polkit.

CVE-2012-5617[0,1]:
privilege escalation due to improper authentication settings in policykit 
configuration file

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5617
    http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5617
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/12/8

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

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