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HistoryJun 03, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

polkit vulnerability

2021-06-0300:00:00
ubuntu.com
212

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

84.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 21.04
  • Ubuntu 20.10
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

  • policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative policies and privileges

Details

Kevin Backhouse discovered that polkit incorrectly handled errors in the
polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync function. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.