[slackware-security] polkit

New polkit packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix a security issue where an unprivileged user could cause a
denial of service due to process file descriptor exhaustion.
Thanks to marav.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-4115
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/polkit-0.120-i586-3.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 15.0 package:
7e8717d345201b4e9ae1e4d0f2ac4ae6 polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
c12086a9a2b40fce23f5fd2c6e1e748f polkit-0.120-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
964cf813e843882581104f34bbc77063 l/polkit-0.120-i586-3.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
bcfd423bccf8c2058643adbb40f102a9 l/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz