vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4980-1 (CVE-2021-3560): polkit vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2021-06-03 | 2021-06-04 | 2023-05-15 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2021-06-03
Added
2021-06-04
Modified
2023-05-15
Description
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Solution(s)
ubuntu-upgrade-libpolkit-agent-1-0ubuntu-upgrade-libpolkit-gobject-1-0ubuntu-upgrade-policykit-1
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