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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2022:1546-01 Moderate Polkit Security Threat

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: polkit security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:1546-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546 Issue date: 2022-04-26 CVE Names: CVE-2021-4115 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones. Security Fix(es): * polkit: file descriptor leak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash (CVE-2021-4115) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 2007534 - CVE-2021-4115 polkit: file descriptorleak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8): Source: polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.src.rpm aarch64: polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.noarch.rpm ppc64le: polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le.rpm s390x: polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4115 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . 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You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce . A security bulletin concerning polkit for Red Hat 8, highlighting a moderate vulnerability that could lead to significant system ramifications.. polkit Update, Red Hat Enterprise, Moderate Security Advisory, Linux Product Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 27, 2022 Red Hat