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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3800: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3800: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/09/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-glib2
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-devel-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-fam
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-fam-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-static
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-tests
  • redhat-upgrade-glib2-tests-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2021-3800
  • RHSA-2021:4385

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