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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for polkit (EulerOS-SA-2021-2765)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'polkit' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2021-2765 advisory.
Insight
Insight
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.(CVE-2021-3560)
Affected Software
Affected Software
'polkit' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS Virtualization release 2.9.0.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated package(s).