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Scientific Linux Security Update : polkit on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20190226)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122468

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork (CVE-2019-6133)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dacef18f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122468

File Name: sl_20190226_polkit_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2019

Updated: 2/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:polkit-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:polkit-desktop-policy

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6133