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Posted on 15 August 2019
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-14
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Severity: Normal
Title: polkit: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 15, 2019
Bugs: #661470, #672578
ID: 201908-14
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in polkit, the worst of which
could result in privilege escalation.
Background
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polkit is a toolkit for managing policies relating to unprivileged
processes communicating with privileged processes.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-auth/polkit < 0.115-r2 >= 0.115-r2
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in polkit. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All polkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/polkit-0.115-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-1116
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1116
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-19788
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19788
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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