vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2021-3560: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 06/03/2021 | 06/04/2021 | 06/13/2023 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/03/2021
Added
06/04/2021
Modified
06/13/2023
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)
suse-upgrade-libpolkit-agent-1-0suse-upgrade-libpolkit-gobject-1-0suse-upgrade-libpolkit0suse-upgrade-libpolkit0-32bitsuse-upgrade-pkexecsuse-upgrade-polkitsuse-upgrade-polkit-develsuse-upgrade-polkit-docsuse-upgrade-typelib-1_0-polkit-1_0
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