Fedora 41: polkit 2024-d2e583eab4 Security Advisory Updates
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November 2, 2024
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
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Thu Oct 31 2024 Jan Rybar
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
Summary: An authorization framework
Topics Covered
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