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HistoryJan 25, 2022 - 5:38 p.m.

Important: polkit security update

2022-01-2517:38:41
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7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.0%

The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.

Security Fix(es):

  • polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector (CVE-2021-4034)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.