Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60762
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-2987 (PolicyKit)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to PolicyKit announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-2987. PolicyKit is a toolkit for defining and handling the policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes. Update Information: CVE-2008-1658: PolicyKit: format string vulnerability ChangeLog: * Fri Apr 4 2008 David Zeuthen - 0.6-2.fc8 - Include fix for CVE-2008-1658 (#439995) References: [ 1 ] Bug #439982 - CVE-2008-1658 PolicyKit: format string vulnerability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439982 Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update PolicyKit' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-2987 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1658 BugTraq ID: 28702 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087 http://secunia.com/advisories/29755 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254 XForce ISS Database: policykit-granthelper-format-string(41877) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
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