Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2022.071.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2022-071-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-071-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'polkit' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-071-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New polkit packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/polkit-0.120-i586-3_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix a security issue where an unprivileged user could cause a denial of service due to process file descriptor exhaustion. Thanks to marav. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'polkit' package(s) on Slackware 15.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 2.1 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-4115 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGKWCBS6IDZYYDYM2WIWJM5BL7QQTWPF/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172849/polkit-File-Descriptor-Exhaustion.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-4115 https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms/polkit/-/merge_requests/6/diffs?commit_id=bf900df04dc390d389e59aa10942b0f2b15c531e https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/141 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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