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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.1182
polkit security and bug fix update
2 April 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: polkit
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 7
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-1116
Reference: ESB-2018.2326
ESB-2018.2186
ESB-2018.2066.2
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1135
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: polkit security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1135-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1135
Issue date: 2020-03-31
CVE Names: CVE-2018-1116
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1. Summary:
An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
3. Description:
The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide
privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for
non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.
Security Fix(es):
* polkit: Improper authorization in
polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in
polkitd (CVE-2018-1116)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1595404 - CVE-2018-1116 polkit: Improper authorization in polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd
1753037 - unable to paste anything with systemctl or service start, stop, restart commands in terminal session
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm
polkit-0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm
polkit-0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-26.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.i686.rpm
polkit-devel-0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1116
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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