Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20221546
Revision Date:2022-04-26Version:635
Title:RHSA-2022:1546: polkit security update (Moderate)
Description: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)

    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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2021-4115
    RHSA-2022:1546
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • polkit is earlier than 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2
  • AND polkit is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • polkit-devel is earlier than 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2
  • AND polkit-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • polkit-docs is earlier than 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2
  • AND polkit-docs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • polkit-libs is earlier than 0:0.115-13.el8_5.2
  • AND polkit-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK