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GLSA-201611-07 : polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate IDs

medium Nessus Plugin ID 94891

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-07 (polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate IDs)

 A vulnerability was discovered in polkit’s polkit_backend_action_pool_init function due to duplicate action IDs in action descriptions.
 Impact :

 Local attackers are able to gain unauthorized privileges on the system.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-auth/polkit-0.113'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 94891

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201611-07.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 11/15/2016

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3255

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:polkit, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3255

GLSA: 201611-07