-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: polkit security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0270-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0270 Issue date: 2022-01-25 CVE Names: CVE-2021-4034 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced 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 Server AUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, 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 in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector (CVE-2021-4034) 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/): 2025869 - CVE-2021-4034 polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3): Source: polkit-0.112-12.el7_3.1.src.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-12.el7_3.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-12.el7_3.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-12.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_3.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-12.el7_3.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_3.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-12.el7_3.1.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-2021-4034 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022-001 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIVAwUBYfCF5tzjgjWX9erEAQgrWQ/+NLhNp68nJlgfO3Y75rxMER0zuiU/NvFY S4YQcm+6PFPlxqRXMveiAWaAIcawQGWhWgs7d1kt37IBUHfh69NahLHF6D44Cxbf byEZHFVXRcKn4Aw7a1rmzXu03IZhSNvl4MXZpiiYPrg7ei3nR4RDqh4pPsPGN0vX qMZb4NvjsKFhJMKXEaEFJXB3/MLOTRpn1AMXz7CXR0RnNZQcgqWXpHZeXR/W3K1D 2vkP0Tq94bXepDe4zXq1swHSW2oQDL4ZWRztWSHc6V2J6wfh+bSYIGK+TVCMlr4V lGy7WTsZZUrwynIIf82JDnM2r7VWEwfTMq+VMos7ClE/vEzwv7GrCDLaAVVea0Ev nvqCZ+FU0RwTdlpTIbMynrTkyj5W08Z+eTnBR4BH3ehiO25lejj+xpWWU5A+yzd2 Q0O+gqrD4U1/8+EuZzyYOe0I8j9OWLxzbMUHqN4uHsBwngF4OvDiqiesOxjx0fuD SQFFVYT++UDVTQcwLxuX32wpZq1BSG4JBFVPafoyeZCJgFHiMhw5k/I33N5SfIth 3VVrkqovhRpXLGWGH5G0ORy0qEYbsEQ/YwDLv7wsu6eSllrmCJNif6BpX974ZszO Z0Gu/DOJ3lp8cHW6UIEa8hvoa7L2n/zPqA1A8czn/rP0CHxJwrHu/JR58oubqxyJ S2k1PsUMGaQ=oJp9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce