RHSA-2021:2236

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Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update

view advisory published 2021-06-03

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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describes (1)

Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2021-3560UShigh7.8OT criticalKEV
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 us…
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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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remediations (62)

  • Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-docs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2236
  • Workaroundpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-devel-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-docs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

  • Workaroundpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-9.el8_1.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)

    Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

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