Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting polkit-docs package, versions <0:0.115-11.0.1.el8_4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
5.35% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-POLKITDOCS-2586694
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Feb 2022

Introduced: 16 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-3560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 polkit-docs to version 0:0.115-11.0.1.el8_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-2238.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-docs package and not the polkit-docs package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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