openSUSE Security Update : libpolkit0 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0412-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75605

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A race condition exists in pkexec while trying to determine its caller which could lead to privilege escalation. CVE-2011-1485 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libpolkit0 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688788

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00080.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75605

File Name: suse_11_3_libpolkit0-110427.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Linux PolicyKit Race Condition Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1485