7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.6%
New polkit packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/polkit-0.113-i586-4_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
[PATCH] pkexec: local privilege escalation.
Thanks to Qualys Research Labs for reporting this issue.
For more information, see:
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-4034
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/polkit-0.105-i486-5_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/polkit-0.105-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/polkit-0.105-i486-5_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/polkit-0.105-x86_64-5_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/polkit-0.113-i586-4_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/polkit-0.113-x86_64-4_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/polkit-0.120-i586-2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/polkit-0.120-x86_64-2.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.0 package:
063a61e5d1646a05be8087f00d1770c9 polkit-0.105-i486-5_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
8a59f716ab0d316d9b96bbae9cddc609 polkit-0.105-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
6bba0d55d0dbdc203452ae71dfe6afb9 polkit-0.105-i486-5_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
85748ced32e92f3f63c9b53540b84014 polkit-0.105-x86_64-5_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
6f5e9bfcfbc6110ed2354c03b7bc34d6 polkit-0.113-i586-4_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
8bbdb6d3b5caeb2c9d9ced0a435199e6 polkit-0.113-x86_64-4_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
cb9b374e9dacfb417ed82f3205cb2d73 l/polkit-0.120-i586-2.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
fbc1fe202f4ea23bb429b7c99d3d409d l/polkit-0.120-x86_64-2.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg polkit-0.113-i586-4_slack14.2.txz
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.6%