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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-3560) ELSA-2021-2238: polkit security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-3560) ELSA-2021-2238: polkit security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/03/2021
Created
06/07/2021
Added
06/04/2021
Modified
08/18/2023

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-libs

References

  • ELSA-2021-2238
  • CVE-2021-3560
  • USN-4980-1

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