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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: polkit-qt security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1359-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html
Issue date: 2014-10-06
CVE Names: CVE-2014-5033
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1. Summary:
Updated polkit-qt packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
3. Description:
Polkit-qt is a library that lets developers use the PolicyKit API through a
Qt-styled API. The polkit-qt library is used by the KDE Authentication
Agent (KAuth), which is a part of kdelibs.
It was found that polkit-qt handled authorization requests with PolicyKit
via a D-Bus API that is vulnerable to a race condition. A local user could
use this flaw to bypass intended PolicyKit authorizations. This update
modifies polkit-qt to communicate with PolicyKit via a different API that
is not vulnerable to the race condition. (CVE-2014-5033)
All polkit-qt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1094890 - CVE-2014-5033 polkit-qt: insecure calling of polkit
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-qt-doc-0.103.0-10.el7_0.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-qt-doc-0.103.0-10.el7_0.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch:
polkit-qt-doc-0.103.0-10.el7_0.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.ppc.rpm
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.ppc.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.ppc.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.s390.rpm
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.s390x.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.s390.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.s390x.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.s390.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.src.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
polkit-qt-doc-0.103.0-10.el7_0.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-debuginfo-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.i686.rpm
polkit-qt-devel-0.103.0-10.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-5033.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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