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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3560: polkit: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3560: polkit: Privilege escalation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/13/2021
Created
07/15/2021
Added
07/14/2021
Modified
05/15/2023

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)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-auth-polkit

References

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