ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3560
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560
Upstream
Published
2022-02-16T19:15:08Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:32:39Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.14
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.15
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.16
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.17
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.18
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.19
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.20
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.21
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.22
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.23
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"
Alpine:v3.24
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/polkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.119-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-3560.json"