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openSUSE Security Update : polkit (openSUSE-2018-1617)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119947

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for polkit fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2018-19788: Fixed handling of UIDs over MAX_UINT (boo#1118277)

Solution

Update the affected polkit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118277

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119947

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1617.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2018

Updated: 7/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19788