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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.879716
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora: Security Advisory for polkit (FEDORA-2021-0ec5a8a74b)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'; package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2021-0ec5a8a74b advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'
package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2021-0ec5a8a74b advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.

Affected Software/OS:
'polkit' package(s) on Fedora 34.

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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