Nix and Lix fix local root privilege-escalation flaws

The Nix and Lix projects have jointly disclosed vulnerabilities that allow local privilege escalation to root on systems running the Nix or Lix daemons. All systems that build untrusted derivations are affected; fixed releases are available, and CVE IDs have not yet been requested.

• All systems that build untrusted derivations are affected
• Fixed releases from both projects are available today
• CVE IDs have not yet been requested
• Flaws affect the Nix and Lix daemons running as root