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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2022-01-27 05:33:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2022-01-27 05:34:25 +0000 |
| commit | 3b7263dbbe36631a95b29efe1f17ce9dfb40cc90 (patch) | |
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| parent | [ GLSA 202107-55 ] SDL 2: Multiple vulnerabilities (diff) | |
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[ GLSA 202201-01 ] Polkit: Local privilege escalation
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/832057
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/glsa-202201-01.xml b/glsa-202201-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cd273baf --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-202201-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="202201-01"> + <title>Polkit: Local privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in polkit could lead to local root privilege escalation. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">polkit</product> + <announced>2022-01-27</announced> + <revised count="1">2022-01-27</revised> + <bug>832057</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-auth/polkit" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.120-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.120-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>polkit is a toolkit for managing policies related to unprivileged processes communicating with privileged process. </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Flawed input validation of arguments was discovered in the 'pkexec' program's main() function.</p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>A local attacker could achieve root privilege escalation.</p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>Run the following command as root: +# chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>Upgrade Polkit to a patched version.</p> + + <code> + emerge --ask --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.120-r2" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4034">CVE-2021-4034</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2022-01-27T04:56:33.847737Z">sam</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2022-01-27T04:56:33.851433Z">sam</metadata> +</glsa> |