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openSUSE Security Update : PolicyKit (PolicyKit-494)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39901

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The dbus package used a too permissive configuration. Therefore intended access control for some services was not applied (CVE-2008-4311).

The new configuration denies access by default. Some dbus services may break due to this setting and need an updated configuration as well.

Solution

Update the affected PolicyKit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443307

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469760

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39901

File Name: suse_11_0_PolicyKit-090203.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policykit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policykit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policykit-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4311

CWE: 16