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- RHSA-2021:2237
3/6/2021
RHSA-2021:2237: 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.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/polkit | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-debugsource | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-debugsource | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-devel | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-devel | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-docs | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-libs | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-libs | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-libs-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-libs-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-debugsource | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-devel | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-libs | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit-libs-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1 | 0.115-11.el8_2.1 |
| redhat/polkit | <0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa | 0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa |
| redhat/polkit-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa | 0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa |
| redhat/polkit-debugsource | <0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa | 0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa |
| redhat/polkit-devel | <0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa | 0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa |
| redhat/polkit-libs | <0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa | 0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa |
| redhat/polkit-libs-debuginfo | <0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa | 0.115-11.el8_2.1.aa |
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