RHEL 7 : polkit (RHSA-2019:2046)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127656

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for polkit.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2046 advisory.

- polkit: Improper handling of user with uid > INT_MAX leading to authentication bypass (CVE-2018-19788)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL polkit package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2046.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127656

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2046.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:polkit-docs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19788

CWE: 287

RHSA: 2019:2046

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