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HistoryFeb 17, 2022 - 1:07 p.m.

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Polkit affects IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0.

2022-02-1713:07:52
www.ibm.com
12

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.9%

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Summary

Polkit is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0. This bulletin provides a remediation for the Polkit vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-4034
**DESCRIPTION:**Polkit could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect handling of the argument vectors in the pkexec utility. By crafting environment variables in a specific way, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute commands with root privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218087 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
CPDS 2.0.0.0 - 2.0.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying below patch.

Product VRMF Remediation / Fix

IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0

| 2.0.0.0.polkit_samba_package-WS-ICPDS-fp149| Link to Fix Central

  • Please follow the steps given in release notes to apply above remediation.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

CPENameOperatorVersion
ibm cloud pak for data systemeq2.0

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