slackware-current/patches/packages/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txt
Patrick J Volkerding 477bd290fa Sat Mar 12 20:57:35 UTC 2022
patches/packages/polkit-0.120-x86_64-3_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 *)
2022-03-13 13:29:55 +01:00

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polkit: polkit (authentication framework)
polkit:
polkit: PolicyKit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling
polkit: the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
polkit: processes. PolicyKit is specifically targeting applications in rich
polkit: desktop environments on multi-user UNIX-like operating systems.
polkit:
polkit: Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit
polkit:
polkit:
polkit: