vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3560: Important: polkit security update (ALSA-2021-2238)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 16, 2022 | May 4, 2022 | May 15, 2023 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
May 15, 2023
Description
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Solution(s)
alma-upgrade-polkitalma-upgrade-polkit-develalma-upgrade-polkit-docsalma-upgrade-polkit-libs
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