Summary
The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.
Security Fix(es):
* polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector (CVE-2021-4034)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | polkit | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | polkit-devel | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | polkit-docs | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | polkit-libs | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid too…
KEV Jun 27, 2022
References
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report
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-4034