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 using polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() (CVE-2021-3560)
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 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 8 | polkit | 0:0.115-11.el8_4.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privil…
KEV May 12, 2023
References
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710