A polkit security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:0838-1: important: Security update for polkit

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for polkit
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0838-1
Rating: important
References: #1186497
Cross-References: CVE-2021-3560
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-3560 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for polkit fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-3560: Fixed a local privilege escalation using
polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync() (bsc#1186497).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-838=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libpolkit0-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-debugsource-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-devel-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.116-lp152.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch):

polkit-doc-0.116-lp152.2.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libpolkit0-32bit-0.116-lp152.2.3.1
libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.116-lp152.2.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3560.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186497