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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : ConsoleKit (SAT Patch Number 4613)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55161

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Remote users logged in via e.g. ssh could open a consolekit session that is considered local and therefore gain additional privileges, e.g. via policykit. (CVE-2010-4664)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4613.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=686150

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4664.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55161

File Name: suse_11_ConsoleKit-110527.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:consolekit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:consolekit-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:consolekit-x11

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4664