-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: polkit security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0274-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0274 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. 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 Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - 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 Client (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm ppc64: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm s390x: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm noarch: polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm x86_64: polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.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 . 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