Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70828
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-1117-1 (libpolkit-backend-1-0)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to libpolkit-backend-1-0 announced via advisory USN-1117-1. Details: Neel Mehta discovered that PolicyKit did not correctly verify the user making authorization requests. A local attacker could exploit this to trick pkexec into running applications with root privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.96-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.96-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 9.10: libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.94-1ubuntu1.1 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1117-1 CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1485 48817 http://secunia.com/advisories/48817 8424 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8424 DSA-2319 http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2319 FEDORA-2011-5589 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058752.html FEDORA-2011-5676 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059859.html GLSA-201204-06 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml MDVSA-2011:086 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:086 RHSA-2011:0455 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0455.html USN-1117-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1117-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692922
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