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Fedora 35: 2022-da040e6b94 Important: Polkit Argv Overflow Exploit

pkexec: argv overflow results in local privilege esc.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2022-da040e6b94 2022-01-26 18:39:49.375628 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : polkit Product : Fedora 35 Version : 0.120 Release : 1.fc35.1 URL : https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/ Summary : An authorization framework Description : polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: pkexec: argv overflow results in local privilege esc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Tue Jan 25 2022 Jan Rybar - 0.120-1.1 - pkexec: argv overflow results in local privilege esc. - Resolves: CVE-2021-4034 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #2045563 - CVE-2021-4034 polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2045563 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-da040e6b94' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure . Uncover Fedora 35's security notice regarding an argv buffer overflow that leads to local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in polkit.. Fedora 35, Local Privilege Escalation, Polkit Update. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 26, 2022 •Important Fedora