From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] polkit (SSA:2022-071-01)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:04:57 -0800 (PST)





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[slackware-security] polkit (SSA:2022-071-01)

New polkit packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to fix a security issue where an unprivileged user could cause a
denial of service due to process file descriptor exhaustion.
Thanks to marav.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4115
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/polkit-0.120-i586-3.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
7e8717d345201b4e9ae1e4d0f2ac4ae6 polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
c12086a9a2b40fce23f5fd2c6e1e748f polkit-0.120-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
964cf813e843882581104f34bbc77063 l/polkit-0.120-i586-3.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
bcfd423bccf8c2058643adbb40f102a9 l/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz


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