Description:
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.
Updated packages:
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polkit-0.115-11.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm
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polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_4.1.i686.rpm
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polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm
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polkit-docs-0.115-11.el8_4.1.noarch.rpm
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polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_4.1.i686.rpm
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polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm