Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0244
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0244)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0244 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0244 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A flaw was found in polkit. When a requesting process disconnects from dbus-daemon just before the call to polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync starts, the process cannot get a unique uid and pid of the process and it cannot verify the privileges of the requesting process (CVE-2021-3560). Affected Software/OS: 'polkit' package(s) on Mageia 7, Mageia 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3560 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710 https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/
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