Debian DSA-4207-1 : packagekit - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109968

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Matthias Gerstner discovered that PackageKit, a DBus abstraction layer for simple software management tasks, contains an authentication bypass flaw allowing users without privileges to install local packages.

Solution

Upgrade the packagekit packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.5-2+deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896703

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/packagekit

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/packagekit

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4207

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109968

File Name: debian_DSA-4207.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:packagekit, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1106

DSA: 4207