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Red Hat 8.2 RHSA-2021-2237 Important: Polkit Local Escalation

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce . A security bulletin has been issued regarding the polkit component update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, which mitigates a critical vulnerability that allows for local privilege escalation.. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Polkit Update, Local Escalation, Security Fix, Red Hat Security. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Gentoo GLSA: 202011-11 High: Blueman Local Privilege Escalation

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ====== Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ . To secure your Gentoo system, update Blueman due to the critical local privilege escalation flaw disclosed in GLSA 202011-11.. Blueman Security Advisory, Gentoo Privilege Escalation, High Severity Threat, Local Control Vulnerability. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Fedora Core 3 Initscripts Moderate Bug Fix Vuln 2004-366

This update fixes some minor bugs discovered after the final freeze date.. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-366 2004-11-08 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : initscripts Version : 7.93.5 Release : 1 Summary : The inittab file and the /etc/init.d scripts. Description : The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot your Red Hat system, change runlevels, and shut the system down cleanly. Initscripts also contains the scripts that activate and deactivate most network interfaces. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update fixes some minor bugs discovered after the final freeze date. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Thu Nov 04 2004 Bill Nottingham 7.93.5-1 - fix firmware uploading on boot (#137263) * Mon Nov 01 2004 Bill Nottingham 7.93.4-1 - fix some of the rhgb fsck code ( ) - fix module blacklisting to not mismatch (#137755) * Fri Oct 29 2004 Bill Nottingham 7.93.3-1 - speed up hardware init some --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: a959bbf2f0b4c6191204bdcd39c20341 SRPMS/initscripts-7.93.5-1.src.rpm ab85690ab2669207327f56fdf743145a x86_64/initscripts-7.93.5-1.x86_64.rpm 6b57fb09f93be3ea0ef57c18f2e35f0e x86_64/debug/initscripts-debuginfo-7.93.5-1.x86_64.rpm 7a54d7fcb5fb97fa1dcc5a349739be9f i386/initscripts-7.93.5-1.i386.rpm 39581a9f8a5b44bb28d57c424f2d0d55 i386/debug/initscripts-debuginfo-7.93.5-1.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. --------------------------------------------------------------------- . Patch addresses small issues in startup scripts for Fedora Core 3, promoting reliable system control and enhancing security efficiency..Fedora Core 3, Initscripts Update, Bug Fixes, Performance Improvement, System Management. . Severity: moderate. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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