RLSA-2022:0267

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:0267
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:0267.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2022:0267
Related
Published
2022-01-25T17:38:41Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:11:26.694141Z
Severity
  • 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

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.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-8-5-legacy&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.115-13.el8_5.1