Linux Policy Kit Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Release Date: 27 Jan 2022 6639 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Linux

TYPE: Linux

A vulnerability was identified in Linux Policy Kit. Local attacker could exploit the vulnerability to trigger elevation of privilege on the targeted system.

 

Note:

CVE-2021-4034 is being exploited in the wild.

Impact

  • Elevation of Privilege

System / Technologies affected

For Suse:

  • SUSE MicroOS 5.0 and 5.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2-BCL
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 and 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 and 9
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 and 9
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 and 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
  • HPE Helion Openstack 8

 

For Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu 21.10
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

 

For RedHat

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the vendor web-site for more details.

 

For Suse:

 

For Ubuntu:

 

For RedHat:

Vulnerability Identifier

Source

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Related Tags

LinuxSUSEUbuntuRed HatElevation of PrivilegeExploit In The Wild

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