[ALSA-2022:0267] Important: polkit security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2022-01-25
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 in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector (CVE-2021-4034) 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:
  • polkit-docs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.noarch.rpm
  • polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm
  • polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm
  • polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm
  • polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm
  • polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm
  • polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm
  • polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm
  • polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm
  • polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm
  • polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.