polkit: The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges
CVE-2021-4034 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DSA-5059-1, released January 25, 2022. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 27, 2022, with known ransomware use. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| gir1.2-polkit-1.0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| gir1.2-polkit-1.0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| gir1.2-polkit-1.0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 0.105-31ubuntu1 | gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-31ubuntu1 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-agent-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-agent-1-0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-agent-1-0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 0.105-31ubuntu1 | libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-31ubuntu1 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-backend-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-gobject-1-0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-gobject-1-0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| libpolkit-gobject-1-0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 0.105-31ubuntu1 | libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-31ubuntu1 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 0.105-31+deb11u1 | DSA-5059-1 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 0.105-31.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4034 | Jan 28, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 0.105-31.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4034 | Jan 28, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Debian 14 | 0.105-31.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4034 | Jan 28, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | policykit-1 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.6 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | policykit-1 0.105-26ubuntu1.2 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| policykit-1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 0.105-31ubuntu1 | policykit-1 0.105-31ubuntu1 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.1 | RHSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.1 | ELSA-2022-0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit · rocky 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.1 | RLSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.1 | RHSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-devel · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-devel · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-devel · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.1 | ELSA-2022-0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-docs · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.1 | RHSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-docs · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-docs · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-docs · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.1 | ELSA-2022-0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-libs · RHEL 8 | 0:0.115-13.el8_5.1 | RHSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-libs · almalinux 8 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | ALSA-2022:0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-libs · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| polkit-libs · ol 8 | 0:0.115-13.0.1.el8_5.1 | ELSA-2022-0267 | Jan 25, 2022 |
| polkit-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 0.117-10.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2023-026 | Feb 17, 2023 |
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