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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883017
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for polkit CESA-2019:0230 centos7
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:0230 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2019:0230 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide
privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for
non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.

Security Fix(es):

* polkit: Temporary auth hijacking via PID reuse and non-atomic fork
(CVE-2019-6133)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Jan Rybar (freedesktop.org) for reporting this
issue. Upstream acknowledges Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) as the
original reporter.

Affected Software/OS:
polkit on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-6133
BugTraq ID: 106537
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106537
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1692
https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/commit/c898fdf4b1aafaa04f8ada9d73d77c8bb76e2f81
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/merge_requests/19
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0230
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0230
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0420
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0420
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0832
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0832
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2699
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2699
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2978
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2978
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1914 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00049.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3901-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3903-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3908-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3934-2/
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