openSUSE Security Update : ConsoleKit (openSUSE-SU-2011:0639-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75454

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

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

Update the affected ConsoleKit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75454

File Name: suse_11_3_ConsoleKit-110607.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:opensuse:consolekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:consolekit-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:consolekit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:consolekit-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4664

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