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Fedora 29 : polkit (2018-2f8696869e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120325

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix of CVE-2018-19788, priv escalation with high UIDs

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Solution

Update the affected polkit package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-2f8696869e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120325

File Name: fedora_2018-2f8696869e.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:polkit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19788