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| author |   Repository mirror & CI <repomirrorci@gentoo.org> | 2021-07-13 02:36:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Repository mirror & CI <repomirrorci@gentoo.org> | 2021-07-13 02:36:23 +0000 |
| commit | 34b362f54921b2f40ca6fcf158b51f4ff8b9dd70 (patch) | |
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| parent | 2021-07-13 00:51:50 UTC (diff) | |
| parent | [ GLSA 202107-31 ] polkit: Privilege escalation (diff) | |
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-202107-31.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-202107-31.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..77846b9839bb --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-202107-31.xml @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="202107-31"> + <title>polkit: Privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in polkit could lead to local root privilege + escalation. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">polkit</product> + <announced>2021-07-13</announced> + <revised count="1">2021-07-13</revised> + <bug>794052</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-auth/polkit" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.119</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.119</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>polkit is a toolkit for managing policies related to unprivileged + processes communicating with privileged process. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>The function polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() was called without + checking for error, and as such temporarily treats the authentication + request as coming from root. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.119" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3560">CVE-2021-3560</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-07-13T00:16:39Z">ajak</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-07-13T02:29:59Z">ajak</metadata> +</glsa> |