RLSA-2021:2238
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:2238
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:2238.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:2238
- Related
- Published
- 2021-06-03T07:54:47Z
- Modified
- 2023-02-02T14:09:35.994166Z
- Severity
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- 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
- Important: polkit security update
- Details
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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 polkitsystembusnamegetcredssync() (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.
- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:8 / polkit
Package
- Name
- polkit
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0