Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130115
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0262)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0262 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0262 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Local privilege escalation in polkit before 0.113 due to predictable authentication session cookie values (CVE-2015-4625). Various memory corruption vulnerabilities in polkit before 0.113 in the use of the JavaScript interpreter, possibly leading to local privilege escalation (CVE-2015-3256). Memory corruption vulnerability in polkit before 0.113 in handling duplicate action IDs, possibly leading to local privilege escalation (CVE-2015-3255). Denial of service issue in polkit before 0.113 which allowed any local user to crash polkitd (CVE-2015-3218). Affected Software/OS: 'polkit' package(s) on Mageia 4, Mageia 5. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3218 1035023 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 76086 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76086 FEDORA-2015-11058 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html FEDORA-2015-11743 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html USN-3717-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-1/ [polkit-devel] 20150529 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000420.html [polkit-devel] 20150630 Crash authentication_agent_new with invalid object path in RegisterAuthenticationAgent http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000421.html [polkit-devel] 20150702 polkit-0.113 released http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html openSUSE-SU-2015:1734 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html openSUSE-SU-2015:1927 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3255 GLSA-201611-07 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07 USN-3717-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3256 77356 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356 RHSA-2016:0189 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-4625 BugTraq ID: 75267 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1734 (Google Search) SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1927 (Google Search)
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