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Fedora 14 : polkit-0.98-5.fc14 (2011-5676)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 53849
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Tue Apr 19 2011 David Zeuthen <davidz at redhat.com> - 0.98-5- CVE-2011-1485 (#697951)
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Solution
Update the affected polkit package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 53849
File Name: fedora_2011-5676.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 5/10/2011
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14, 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: 4/20/2011
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Linux PolicyKit Race Condition Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1485
BID: 47496
FEDORA: 2011-5676