MGASA-2021-0244

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    MGASA-2021-0244

    Published: 8 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-3560

    Summary: Updated polkit packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was found in polkit. When a requesting process disconnects from dbus-daemon just before the call to polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync starts, the process cannot get a unique uid and pid of the process and it cannot verify the privileges of the requesting process (CVE-2021-3560).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0244.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29076, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2238

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: polkit

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.116-1.1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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