Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.879774
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora: Security Advisory for polkit (FEDORA-2021-3f8d6016c9)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'; package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2021-3f8d6016c9 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2021-3f8d6016c9 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 33. 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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