openSUSE Security Update : polkit (openSUSE-2019-10)

High Nessus Plugin ID 121088

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for polkit fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2018-19788: Fixed handling of UIDs over MAX_UINT (bsc#1118277)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected polkit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1118277

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121088

File Name: openSUSE-2019-10.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2019/01/11

Updated: 2019/03/27

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 9

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpolkit0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:polkit-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2019/03/23

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2018/12/03

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19788