{"id":"MGASA-2021-0244","summary":"Updated polkit packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"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).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T00:09:29.963586037Z","published":"2021-06-08T21:45:12Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-3560"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0244.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29076"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2238"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"polkit","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.116-1.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0244.json"}},{"package":{"name":"polkit","ecosystem":"Mageia:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/polkit?arch=source&distro=mageia-8"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.118-1.1.mga8"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0244.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}