openSUSE: Critical Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2021-3560
opensuse
September 26, 2025
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for polkit fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2021-3560: Fixed a local privilege escalation using
polkit=5Fsystem=5Fbus=5Fname=5Fget=5Fcreds=5Fsync() (bsc#1186497).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended instal=
lation methods
like YaST online=5Fupdate or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-838=3D1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86=5F64):
libpolkit0-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-debugsource-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-devel-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
typelib-1=5F0-Polkit-1=5F0-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):
polkit-doc-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86=5F64):
libpolkit0-32bit-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3560.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186497
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0838-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
=5F=5F=5F
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