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Fedora 41: polkit 2024-d2e583eab4 Security Advisory Updates

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Fedora 41 Security Advisory details for polkit, enabling root-only log levels. Key update and framework information provided.
Setting loglevels and target via LogControl now allowed to root only https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/issues/506 https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/issues/507

Summary

polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is

used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged

processes.

Update Information:

Setting loglevels and target via LogControl now allowed to root only https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/issues/506 https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/issues/507

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Change Log

* Thu Oct 31 2024 Jan Rybar - 125-1.1 - Setting loglevels and target via LogControl now allowed to root only - dropped %attr from /usr/share/polkit-1

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-d2e583eab4 2024-11-02 02:23:24.193176 Name : polkit Product : Fedora 41 Version : 125 Release : 1.fc41.1 URL : https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit Summary : An authorization framework Description : polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-d2e583eab4' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: polkit
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 125
Release: 1.fc41.1
URL: https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit
Summary: An authorization framework

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