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SUSE: 2021:1842-1 Important: Polkit Local Escalation to Fix CVE-2021-3560

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2021
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SUSE Security Patch for polkit addresses the CVE-2021-3560 vulnerability, which allows local privilege elevation. Installation instructions are included.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for polkit fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3560: Fixed a local privilege escalation using polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() (bsc#1186497). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1842=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1842=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1842=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1842=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5:

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security advisory software update important local escalation polkit SUSE OpenStack Linux Server

References

#1186497

Cross- CVE-2021-3560

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3560 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

HPE Helion Openstack 8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-356...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1842-1
Rating: important

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security advisory software update important local escalation polkit SUSE OpenStack Linux Server

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