#CISA warns of #hackers exploiting #PwnKit #Linux #vulnerability

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-hackers-exploiting-pwnkit-linux-vulnerability/

To check, whether or not, your #RPM based distro is patched, try:
rpm -q --changelog polkit | grep -i cve

#CVE #CVE20214034 #polkit #security #cybersecurity

Major bug grants root for all major Linux distros (#CVE-2021-4034)

"all an attacker needs to do to escalate themselves to root is to compile the program on the computer and run it as the default user"

"As bad as this sounds, it seems as though all of the major distributions that this impacts have already released updates that patch the issue"

https://hackaday.com/2022/01/26/major-bug-grants-root-for-all-major-linux-distributions/

#CVE20214034