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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:0273 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2022-01-25
Updated:
2022-01-25

RHSA-2022:0273 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: polkit security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

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Topic

An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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.

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: 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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2025869 - CVE-2021-4034 polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector

CVEs

  • CVE-2021-4034

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022-001
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 477d57b68b2aa9ff1832df6ff379d7a7a91b0dcd421220eda21af813811a3d34
x86_64
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1daeb0a57e982b20434b4930925d4d88d1d4b16005e1432b3ed5822ad5437549
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3104edb66dbb5c60c50f9a0a4bcc81af1606e8aa72c55e1c5f7458b2bcab07cd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 49a6be75f80f05e483ae711ba370190c3f6a20011ac84c9f801b570642f94e14
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 026af85f63ba26815ad61d0cf884a58aa07ebd163bed5e196443c4a0a16f667c
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 24b4bacc7e5d88314615441a7a50ff05fe38fa1e3f63765ed356d0a42ad2799b
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d6677bc625db68230644e748bee9d85b4fea66cfdf4ebbbed2444005931effb
polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7_7.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4a5a7139706a90290a547f9a8df7e06171fee44439c6962aec65b16e86f5a405

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 477d57b68b2aa9ff1832df6ff379d7a7a91b0dcd421220eda21af813811a3d34
x86_64
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1daeb0a57e982b20434b4930925d4d88d1d4b16005e1432b3ed5822ad5437549
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3104edb66dbb5c60c50f9a0a4bcc81af1606e8aa72c55e1c5f7458b2bcab07cd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 49a6be75f80f05e483ae711ba370190c3f6a20011ac84c9f801b570642f94e14
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 026af85f63ba26815ad61d0cf884a58aa07ebd163bed5e196443c4a0a16f667c
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 24b4bacc7e5d88314615441a7a50ff05fe38fa1e3f63765ed356d0a42ad2799b
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d6677bc625db68230644e748bee9d85b4fea66cfdf4ebbbed2444005931effb
polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7_7.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4a5a7139706a90290a547f9a8df7e06171fee44439c6962aec65b16e86f5a405

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 477d57b68b2aa9ff1832df6ff379d7a7a91b0dcd421220eda21af813811a3d34
ppc64le
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 016bb7d484411a055591ccd32ba18d763664fe2c1d55e36559781f796d4d08d6
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d8a08e0826677622699d43424a5430e0d823112cbf2e99b856cc864207ee0920
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a146d1397b3e92ec881c4d9eb68d071f14dc3b792ab80694d6bace1fbd4291eb
polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7_7.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4a5a7139706a90290a547f9a8df7e06171fee44439c6962aec65b16e86f5a405

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 477d57b68b2aa9ff1832df6ff379d7a7a91b0dcd421220eda21af813811a3d34
x86_64
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1daeb0a57e982b20434b4930925d4d88d1d4b16005e1432b3ed5822ad5437549
polkit-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3104edb66dbb5c60c50f9a0a4bcc81af1606e8aa72c55e1c5f7458b2bcab07cd
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 49a6be75f80f05e483ae711ba370190c3f6a20011ac84c9f801b570642f94e14
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 026af85f63ba26815ad61d0cf884a58aa07ebd163bed5e196443c4a0a16f667c
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: 24b4bacc7e5d88314615441a7a50ff05fe38fa1e3f63765ed356d0a42ad2799b
polkit-devel-0.112-22.el7_7.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d6677bc625db68230644e748bee9d85b4fea66cfdf4ebbbed2444005931effb
polkit-docs-0.112-22.el7_7.2.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4a5a7139706a90290a547f9a8df7e06171fee44439c6962aec65b16e86f5a405

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