Exploit for Out-of-bounds Write in Polkit_Project Polkit

CVE-2021-4034 PoC for PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation Vulne...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : polkit (SUSE-SU-2022:0190-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0190-1 advisory. - A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5252-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : PolicyKit vulnerability (USN-5252-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5252-1 advisory. It was discovered that the PolicyKit pkexec tool incorrectly handled command-line arguments. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate...

Vulnerability fixed in Polkit

Qualys researchers have found a vulnerability in the pkexec function of polkit. Polkit is a standard component of a large number of Linux distributions and was previously known as Policykit. Polkit controls communication between applications that elevated privileges and applications that do not...

RHEL 8 : polkit (RHSA-2022:0268)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0268 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2899-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:0189-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

RHEL 8 : polkit (RHSA-2022:0265)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0265 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...

RHEL 7 : polkit (RHSA-2022:0270)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0270 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5059-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:0190-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Oracle Linux 8 : polkit (ELSA-2022-0267)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-0267 advisory. 0.115-13.0.1 - Increase timeout to avoid defunct processes Orabug: 26930744 0.115-13.el85.1 - pkexec: argv overflow results in local privilege esc. - Resolves:...

RHEL 7 : polkit (RHSA-2022:0274)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0274 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...

Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current polkit Vulnerability (SSA:2022-025-02)

The version of polkit installed on the remote host is prior to 0.105 / 0.113 / 0.120. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2022-025-02 advisory. - A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid...

Scientific Linux Security Update : polkit on SL7.x i686/x86_64 (2022:0274)

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SLSA-2022:0274-1 advisory. - polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector CVE-2021-4034 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue b...

openSUSE 15 Security Update : polkit (openSUSE-SU-2022:0190-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0190-1 advisory. - polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector CVE-2021-4034 Note that Nessus has not tested for this...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:0191-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Oracle Linux 7 : polkit (ELSA-2022-0274)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-0274 advisory. 0.112-26.0.1 - Increase timeout to avoid defunct processes Orabug: 26930744 0.112-26.1 - pkexec: argv overflow results in local privilege esc. - Resolves:...

RHEL 8 : polkit (RHSA-2022:0266)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0266 advisory. The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privilege...