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Gentoo FoundationGLSA-202107-31HistoryJul 13, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.
polkit: Privilege escalation
2021-07-1300:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
53
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.9%
Background
polkit is a toolkit for managing policies related to unprivileged processes communicating with privileged process.
Description
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.
Impact
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.119"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | sys-auth/polkit | < 0.119 | UNKNOWN |
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