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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840653 |
Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
Title: | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1117-1) |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'policykit-1' package(s) announced via the USN-1117-1 advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'policykit-1' package(s) announced via the USN-1117-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: 'policykit-1' package(s) on Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/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 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG |
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