Debian DSA-4207-1 : packagekit - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109968

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Matthias Gerstner discovered that PackageKit, a DBus abstraction layer for simple software management tasks, contains an authentication bypass flaw allowing users without privileges to install local packages.

Solution

Upgrade the packagekit packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.5-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109968

File Name: debian_DSA-4207.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1106

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:packagekit, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1106

DSA: 4207

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