A polkit security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2022:0190-1: important: Security update for polkit

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for polkit
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0190-1
Rating: important
References: #1194568
Cross-References: CVE-2021-4034
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for polkit fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-4034: Fixed a local privilege escalation in pkexec
(bsc#1194568).

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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-190=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libpolkit0-0.116-3.6.1
libpolkit0-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-debugsource-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-devel-0.116-3.6.1
polkit-devel-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1
typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.116-3.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libpolkit0-32bit-0.116-3.6.1
libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo-0.116-3.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

polkit-doc-0.116-3.6.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4034.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194568