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openSUSE Security Update : polkit (openSUSE-2018-735)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111193

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for polkit fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-1116: Fixed trusting the client-supplied UID which could lead to a denial of service (too many dialogs) caused by local attackers (boo#1099031)

Solution

Update the affected polkit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099031

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111193

File Name: openSUSE-2018-735.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2018

Updated: 9/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-polkit-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1116