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Fedora 37 : polkit (2023-4936e4e7f1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 174197

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-4936e4e7f1 advisory.

 config file permission change to increase security of polkitd

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 affected polkit package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-4936e4e7f1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 174197

File Name: fedora_2023-4936e4e7f1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:polkit, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2023

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