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2022-02-16
Polkit Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2021-3560) Analysis & Mitigation Guide
[Affected Scope] Major Linux distributions running polkit versions 0.113 through 0.118
[Impact] Unprivileged local attackers can bypass D-Bus credential checks to escalate privileges to root and create unauthorized administrator accounts
[Mitigation] Immediately update the polkit package to the patched version using the system package manager