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 Severity: High
    Title: polkit: Privilege escalation
     Date: July 13, 2021
     Bugs: #794052
       ID: 202107-31

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in polkit could lead to local root privilege
escalation.

Background
=========
polkit is a toolkit for managing policies related to unprivileged
processes communicating with privileged process.

Affected packages
================
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  sys-auth/polkit              < 0.119                    >= 0.119 

Description
==========
The function polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() was called without
checking for error, and as such temporarily treats the authentication
request as coming from root.

Impact
=====
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
=========
All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.119"

References
=========
[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3560
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3560

Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-31

Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/

Gentoo: GLSA-202107-31: polkit: Privilege escalation

A vulnerability in polkit could lead to local root privilege escalation.

Summary

The function polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() was called without checking for error, and as such temporarily treats the authentication request as coming from root.

Resolution

All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.119"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3560 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3560

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-31

Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity
Severity: High
Title: polkit: Privilege escalation
Date: July 13, 2021
Bugs: #794052
ID: 202107-31

Synopsis

A vulnerability in polkit could lead to local root privilege escalation.

Background

polkit is a toolkit for managing policies related to unprivileged processes communicating with privileged process.

Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-auth/polkit < 0.119 >= 0.119

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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