An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: polkit security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2237-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2237 Issue date: 2021-06-03 CVE Names: CVE-2021-3560 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 EUS (v. 8.2) - 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: local privilege escalation using polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() (CVE-2021-3560) 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/): 1961710 - CVE-2021-3560 polkit: local privilege escalation usingpolkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2): Source: polkit-0.115-11.el8_2.1.src.rpm aarch64: polkit-0.115-11.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-11.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.115-11.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm ppc64le: polkit-0.115-11.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-11.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm s390x: polkit-0.115-11.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-11.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.115-11.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-11.el8_2.1.i686.rpm polkit-debugsource-0.115-11.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_2.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.115-11.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_2.1.i686.rpm polkit-libs-0.115-11.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.i686.rpm polkit-libs-debuginfo-0.115-11.el8_2.1.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-2021-3560 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPGv1 iQIVAwUBYLi1ytzjgjWX9erEAQj6JQ/+Ik+R7SUSfCbwFjrLA6fdU+1ZzU9RtR21 vSK+9Z7F9BKpfDWLz9AlYd7DPNiAeqy1Lp9U9AE2G6rePS/wrs0azcMAcIdfqDQJ H6bTWrJ/2iloLMzvsCZNE1+pWTJO7jUkGzyU9RoN+2m2Unqf+pvCGm9BM17YCodY kQxcBKApLKIf0SmRqJQBTxdxll6fLzeIdL1SHcjn42kXHRlFfwdJ6SM08EPmc6EX S/KffC5lQaEDFsM+mYYn9IopyG9OIUDAzyOf30GbKkT1Ca3L06mAcZa/M54RLm0M ntUnuo2ZC+UpLEQd9zb+rqs8M1dzeiK5+yGmnqQiZQFRTmBuwYOufP3Dxlf+3hcL Tpkei1WmrRGWwZfALcGSTopUnkxG9y0JmjTlynIv/+6dwieSZ2HQpgT7RJHcSF0t N+buPcJ/rmjP86gs7VLG5XtYg1WW3Ql2rPJ3u5bAWK5ZCpHINs8RxAnK/rqVJT4e MbHIIG9nwqEWAYizU0e0ls2W6j8ARRPCa8PBwRvcCW4DbE9t5IHgap3cK3NL5dYy Xj5KzS0jO48RI7HRJSpsQXNExa+lGCFDVtuIMBxzE/k8y697Xf8qfew+SfWrdJIe 0tS8D/cARc4/VI2DAYrboOWa5y5MtScrvOXZrfGrkD/tw3rCF7L7EuPHLGjwwBdh ibtMu+r2UUk=JVcx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Blueman.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Blueman: Local privilege escalation Date: November 11, 2020 Bugs: #751556 ID: 202011-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= A privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Blueman. Background ========= Blueman is a simple and intuitive GTK+ Bluetooth Manager. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-wireless/blueman < 2.1.4 > = 2.1.4 Description ========== Where Polkit is not used and the default permissions have been changed on a specific rule file, control of a local DHCP daemon may be possible. Impact ===== A local attacker may be able to achieve root privilege escalation. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All Blueman users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =net-wireless/blueman-2.1.4" References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2020-15238 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15238 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-11 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any securityconcerns should be addressed to
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