- Issued:
- 2022-01-25
- Updated:
- 2022-01-25
RHSA-2022:0274 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: polkit security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Fixes
- BZ - 2025869 - CVE-2021-4034 polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector
CVEs
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| x86_64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 1a9294dd70fdb638f0cfbd8c366e826b1e3dbfdeaef71c7abdcfc78f1b0e5be4 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f4cd400e1cf20c30290641befa5a900fe425070e9573866f242f9acc3bda048 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 39dadf66d27f583366f8d4c5da2dc3bcebeb84473071fe293a681735484183de |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c5179227026b66d92fbfe14b35449db482e70b2cc64906a01d57882124c44bc |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| x86_64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 1a9294dd70fdb638f0cfbd8c366e826b1e3dbfdeaef71c7abdcfc78f1b0e5be4 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f4cd400e1cf20c30290641befa5a900fe425070e9573866f242f9acc3bda048 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 39dadf66d27f583366f8d4c5da2dc3bcebeb84473071fe293a681735484183de |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c5179227026b66d92fbfe14b35449db482e70b2cc64906a01d57882124c44bc |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| x86_64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 1a9294dd70fdb638f0cfbd8c366e826b1e3dbfdeaef71c7abdcfc78f1b0e5be4 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f4cd400e1cf20c30290641befa5a900fe425070e9573866f242f9acc3bda048 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 39dadf66d27f583366f8d4c5da2dc3bcebeb84473071fe293a681735484183de |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c5179227026b66d92fbfe14b35449db482e70b2cc64906a01d57882124c44bc |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| x86_64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 1a9294dd70fdb638f0cfbd8c366e826b1e3dbfdeaef71c7abdcfc78f1b0e5be4 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f4cd400e1cf20c30290641befa5a900fe425070e9573866f242f9acc3bda048 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 39dadf66d27f583366f8d4c5da2dc3bcebeb84473071fe293a681735484183de |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c5179227026b66d92fbfe14b35449db482e70b2cc64906a01d57882124c44bc |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| s390x | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: cbb517acff569abf81e30a1dbc66cffdd196f1e6163b4483ccec5bc908f3f338 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ef82b0af556d49b07230e2f75cf798c8a7f2890f0e7a5915ea9dea590d4eceda |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: fdb3f96329755a5a00362af2bed5fe6d2237d025b84bd088d1ca1c7292e9e56a |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8facd0ba445c12ece1353bf19ab8f59b9d61921d523c8d5ad19cfda6125d5a5b |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 49b2f545977ec0e3bae742a31f851ca50141241766de559de166d6c763107ec1 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 96de313c0af3af6b27d06a1e05a41d212423a0798b6c0b0015a93db6a1cfe78c |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| ppc64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce3d1625e10bfd6f44ab3a3f0c8638f505b272b684d0f0cacccd63fd5c248c76 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: bed98a089b4cbf6613505b737f6af51be831ffb8b09f941ba33d52dcfde56a0a |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: c1fdc70d3d3df262fb8dc30b37af76e6267a9352b09950f842761009f7da0954 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: fd5b64cd5da109cdd4a4dcf3f5d99b2fdd58b0a0268edd0ae9a6e65b38e89677 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: cdc001b8bd4feac51e8aee241468e98d3887c043d5742dc555531e1ea785cace |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bfb70f806608a0cdd53e2eb8cf75a5856ecef736e3a2500ca820b6412f98ad1 |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| x86_64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 1a9294dd70fdb638f0cfbd8c366e826b1e3dbfdeaef71c7abdcfc78f1b0e5be4 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7f4cd400e1cf20c30290641befa5a900fe425070e9573866f242f9acc3bda048 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 85ccd998ec35747e1fa9d66f80ddaa18f94d14278edc45a5f454126e7db8e39b |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: aa3d5197c9cd4598c7162fb1a5df04437552acfc02fe14143ce8e8132f807df0 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 39dadf66d27f583366f8d4c5da2dc3bcebeb84473071fe293a681735484183de |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c5179227026b66d92fbfe14b35449db482e70b2cc64906a01d57882124c44bc |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| ppc64le | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7078641c4e8470b52f96cd617e72c31a9c2fa538c37ebe93cffc29c991420c7f |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: ca9ea19c36ec14274de8a8c19b8297c168335f4b9d586d66a8d0b3645ec98e69 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 4d7eebaad3c6a437ff295fce3e6e6eb612d8a3bbd7c8033bf950c70241d3fc5d |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| s390x | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: cbb517acff569abf81e30a1dbc66cffdd196f1e6163b4483ccec5bc908f3f338 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ef82b0af556d49b07230e2f75cf798c8a7f2890f0e7a5915ea9dea590d4eceda |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: fdb3f96329755a5a00362af2bed5fe6d2237d025b84bd088d1ca1c7292e9e56a |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8facd0ba445c12ece1353bf19ab8f59b9d61921d523c8d5ad19cfda6125d5a5b |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 49b2f545977ec0e3bae742a31f851ca50141241766de559de166d6c763107ec1 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 96de313c0af3af6b27d06a1e05a41d212423a0798b6c0b0015a93db6a1cfe78c |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| ppc64 | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce3d1625e10bfd6f44ab3a3f0c8638f505b272b684d0f0cacccd63fd5c248c76 |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: bed98a089b4cbf6613505b737f6af51be831ffb8b09f941ba33d52dcfde56a0a |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: c1fdc70d3d3df262fb8dc30b37af76e6267a9352b09950f842761009f7da0954 |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: fd5b64cd5da109cdd4a4dcf3f5d99b2fdd58b0a0268edd0ae9a6e65b38e89677 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: cdc001b8bd4feac51e8aee241468e98d3887c043d5742dc555531e1ea785cace |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bfb70f806608a0cdd53e2eb8cf75a5856ecef736e3a2500ca820b6412f98ad1 |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8bd260753cb687c665b377120bcd5e3970bd668521009df44d7c7994f46b1ca1 |
| ppc64le | |
| polkit-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 7078641c4e8470b52f96cd617e72c31a9c2fa538c37ebe93cffc29c991420c7f |
| polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: ca9ea19c36ec14274de8a8c19b8297c168335f4b9d586d66a8d0b3645ec98e69 |
| polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 4d7eebaad3c6a437ff295fce3e6e6eb612d8a3bbd7c8033bf950c70241d3fc5d |
| polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6a8da2909d06acc1763fcacb82068442425b3a87f13295469670897327fb5944 |
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