Alpine: multiple polkit packages: security update to 0.105-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401206

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Race condition in PolicyKit (aka polkit) allows local users to bypass intended PolicyKit restrictions and
gain privileges by starting a setuid or pkexec process before the authorization check is performed,
related to (1) the polkit_unix_process_new API function, (2) the dbus API, or (3) the --process (unix-
process) option for authorization to pkcheck. (CVE-2013-4288)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401206

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4288

BID: 62511

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