Oracle Linux 7 : PackageKit (ELSA-2018-1224)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109332

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:1224 :

An update for PackageKit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distribution, cross-architecture API.

Security Fix(es) :

* PackageKit: authentication bypass allows to install signed packages without administrator privileges (CVE-2018-1106)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Matthias Gerstner (SUSE) for reporting this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packagekit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109332

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-1224.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/25/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-command-not-found, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-cron, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-glib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-yum, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:packagekit-yum-plugin, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1106

RHSA: 2018:1224

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