RHSA-2021:2236: Important: polkit security update

First published: Thu Jun 03 2021(Updated: )

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.<br>Security Fix(es):<br><li> polkit: local privilege escalation using polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() (CVE-2021-3560)</li> 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.

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