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Alpine: multiple polkit packages: security update to 0.118-r1 (deprecated)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400209
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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)
See Also
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=712afde5a73bb6a374050c175459c6653e1be1eb
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fffb11d5c21574234e1dd19baa6bad99d080ecc6
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 400209
Version: Revision 1.26
Type: Local
Published: 8/16/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.9
Percentile: 99.36
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3560
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2021
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Polkit D-Bus Authentication Bypass)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3560