openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2022:0190-1 Important: Polkit Privilege Escalation
opensuse
January 25, 2022
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Description
This update for polkit fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2021-4034: Fixed a local privilege escalation in pkexec
(bsc#1194568).
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-190=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
libpolkit0-0.116-3.6.1
libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-debugsource-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-devel-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.116-3.6.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):
libpolkit0-32bit-0.116-3.6.1
libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):
polkit-doc-0.116-3.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4034.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194568
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0190-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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