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SUSE: 2022:0189-1 Important: Local Escalation Fix for Polkit

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a crucial security enhancement for polkit, tackling significant local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in its distributions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for polkit fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-4034: Fixed a local privilege escalation in pkexec (bsc#1194568). 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-9-2022-189=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2022-189=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-189=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2022-189=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2022-189=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update privilege escalation important SUSE Linux polkit SUSE OpenStack

References

#1194568

Cross- CVE-2021-4034

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-2021-4034.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194568

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0189-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update privilege escalation important SUSE Linux polkit SUSE OpenStack

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