This bug was fixed in the package kauth - 5.26.0-0ubuntu2.1
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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 <[email protected]> Mon, 15 May 2017
15:49:46 +0200
** Changed in: kauth (Ubuntu Yakkety)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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