ALSA-2022:0267

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    ALSA-2022:0267

    Published: 25 Jan 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2021-4034

    Summary: Important: polkit security update

    Details: 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.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-0267.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-4034

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: polkit

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/polkit

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.115-13.el8_5.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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