QID 240236

Date Published: 2022-04-27

QID 240236: Red Hat Update for polkit (RHSA-2022:1546)

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: file descriptor leak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash (cve-2021-4115)

Affected Products:

Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.

Solution

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1546 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

RHSA-2022:1546 - access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546

CVEs related to QID 240236

CVE-2021-4115 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
RHSA-2022:1546	Red Hat Enterprise Linux		access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546

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